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
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/51943
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
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.