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Edinburgh, St Anthony's Port

Gateway (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Edinburgh, St Anthony's Port

Classification Gateway (Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) Leith

Canmore ID 51943

Site Number NT27NE 28

NGR NT 2698 7597

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Edinburgh, City Of
  • Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
  • Former Region Lothian
  • Former District City Of Edinburgh
  • Former County Midlothian

Archaeology Notes

NT27NE 28 2698 7597.

(Name: NT 2698 7597) Site of (NAT) St Anthony's Port (NR)

OS 6"map, Edinburghshire, 1st ed., (1853)

Local informants indicated the site of St Anthony's Port, an ancient gate in Leith Town Wall, at the junction of the Kirkgate and Laurie Street. It was the princial entry into Leith on the landward side.

Name Book 1852; RCAHMS 1951.

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