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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Site of WEST PORT (1547) [Dundee] | Site of Argyle's Port or West Port Site of Argyle's Port or West Port Site of Argyle's Port or West Port Argyle's Port West Port |
Mr. Charles Rogers Mr. James Thomson William Reid Esqr. Sketch map of Hospital properties in Dundee by Mr Reid Mr. McIntosh West Port Dundee |
054 | [Situation] At the north end of Temple Lane This is the site of a port or gate which was the entrance on the NW [North West] side of the town after it was fortified by a wall & deep ditch in 1547. The Street here is now in progress of draining and the foundation of the wall has been dug up. and the ditch which was on the outside is easily traced but independent of this evidence tradition points out the spot as the site of the port. The street at this place is named after this port or gate, West Port, as it would appear that the port was anciently called Argyle's Port and in after times West Port. "Dundee was formerly fortified with walls begun by the English and completed in 1547 by the French. The existence and even the position of its gates are Commemorated in the names of its streets, Nethergate, Overgate Seagate, and Murraygate, The first formerly called Fluckergate and the second Argylegate." Fullarton's Gazetteer. |
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[Page] 29Town of Dundee -- Sheet 54. 9 No. 3 Trace 6
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