View of the Netherbow Port

Category

Library Item

Item no

7665

Title

View of the Netherbow Port of Edinburgh from the east, August 15th 1764

Artist / maker

Unknown

Date

1764

Size

23.9 x 16.7 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

The Netherbow Port was the main gateway into the burgh of Edinburgh. It stood between the Canongate and the High Street. People entering the burgh had to pay a fee at the gate. It was demolished in 1764. Brass cobbles in the street now mark where it stood.

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