Alternative Names Chanonry Port; Cluny's Port, Chaplain's Port
Site type GATE LODGE, WALL
Canmore ID 20217
Site Number NJ90NW 9.01
NGR NJ 93868 08720
Council ABERDEEN, CITY OF
Parish ABERDEEN
Former Region GRAMPIAN
Former District CITY OF ABERDEEN
Former County ABERDEENSHIRE

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Archaeological Notes

NJ90NW 9.01 93868 08720 and 93875 08714

For cathedral gateway (Chanonry Arch) at NJ 9387 0871, see NJ90NW 9.34.

('A' NJ 9372 0882) Site of Chanonry Port (NR)
('B' NJ 9390 0850) Site of Cluny's Port (NR)
('C' NJ 9405 0864) Site of Chaplain's Port (NR)
('D' NJ 9413 0876) Site of Port (NR)
OS 25" map, (1926).

The cathedral precincts were enclosed by a high stone wall with four 'ports' or gates. The Chaplain's Port, 'C' was erected c 1532 and stood until at least 1725, 'Cluny's Port', 'B', stood until the close of the 18th century ; the unnamed port, 'D', was erected c 1429 but no trace remains of any of them, or of the wall.
W Kennedy 1818; Name Book 1866.
Visited by OS (JLD) 12 September 1952.

Buchan, P (1819) Annals of Peterhead from its foundation to the present time: including an account of the rise, progress, improvements, shipping, manufactures, commerce, trade, wells, baths, &c of the town. Also, a sketch og the character of the inhabitants, their civil and ecclesiastical state: an excursion to the bullers of Buchan, Slains Castle, &c, with their description, the scenery of the country round, remarks on Dr. Johnson's tour to the hebrides &c.: biographical notices of men of learning and genius, among whom are George Earl Marishal, founder of Peterhead, and Marishal College, Aberdeen: with a number of curious articles hitherto unpublished, 'With plates, engraved by the author' Peterhead
Page(s): 338 Held at RCAHMS D.5.13.BUC.R

Kennedy, W (1818) Annals of Aberdeen from the reign of William the Lion to 1818; with an account of the city, cathedral and university, Aberdeen
Page(s): 338

Ordnance Survey (Name Book) Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey (6 inch and 1/2500 scale)
Page(s): Book No.1, 5, 7, 12, 16 Held at RCAHMS Ref