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Cowgate Port
Tait, William, 1850, Watercolour
Cowgate Port
Cowgate Port
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Item no
3033
Title
Cowgate Port
Description
The Cowgate Port, Edinburgh, and St Patrick's with its domes in the background. A building in the foreground has groups of people around it.
Artist / maker
Tait, William
Date
1850
Size
19.8 x 13.7 cm
Type
Watercolour
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
The Cowgate runs from its junction with St Mary's Street (formerly St Mary's Wynd) and the Pleasance to the Grassmarket. It was the route by which cattle were driven into town from outside Edinburgh. The Cowgate Port was a gateway through the Flodden wall (City Wall).
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