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List of town defences in Scotland

List of town defences in Scotland is located in Scotland South
Aberlady
Dunbar
Dundee
Edinburgh
Haddington
Inverkeithing
Kirkcudbright
Lauder
Montrose
Peebles
Perth
St Andrews
Stirling
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Key to the town defences in Scotland:
Designated Grade B listed (B)
Designated Grade C listed (C)
Designated Scheduled Monument (SM)
Town wall or defence with a Canmore listing (CAN)

This list of town defences in Scotland identifies both the defensive walls and stone walls that were built around towns and cities in Scotland. Scottish burghs were rarely enclosed by walls unlike many English and Welsh cities and towns such as York, Caernarfon or Chester. Gates, known in Scotland as ports, were often established to control who or what went into and out of the city or town, They were used to collect tolls and duties, rather than to defend the town from invaders, such as Aberdeen who never had a town wall.[1]

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See also

References

  1. ^ "Aberdeen, Town Gates". Canmore. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  2. ^ "What is listing?". Historic Environment Scotland. Archived from the original on 27 March 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  3. ^ a b Historic Environment Scotland. "Aberlady, Back Lane, Town Wall (Category C Listed Building) (LB49597)". Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  4. ^ a b c Historic Environment Scotland. "Dunbar Town Wall (57698)". Canmore. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Dunbar Town Wall". John Gray Centre - Library, Museum & Archive. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  6. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Dundee, East (Cowgate) Port, Wishart Arch (33531)". Canmore. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  7. ^ a b Stevenson, Sylvia; Torrie, Elizabeth (1988). Historic Dundee: the archaeological implications of development: Part 2 (PDF). Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  8. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Dundee-Town Wall (16th Century) (33468)". Canmore. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  9. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Edinburgh Town Wall, Flodden Wall and Telfer Wall, Heriot Place (Scheduled Monument) (SM2901)". Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  10. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Edinburgh Town Wall, Flodden Wall and Telfer Wall, Heriot Place (Scheduled Monument) (SM3012)". Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  11. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Edinburgh Town Wall, Flodden Wall and Telfer Wall, Heriot Place (Category B Listed Building) (LB29058)". Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  12. ^ a b Historic Environment Scotland. "Town walls (Category B Listed Building) (LB34468)". Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  13. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Haddington (56514)". Canmore. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  14. ^ a b c Historic Environment Scotland. "Stirling, town wall & bastion & Port Street Bastion at 44 Bastion Wynd (Scheduled Monument) (SM1754)". Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  15. ^ a b Historic Environment Scotland. "Inverkeithing (50933)". Canmore. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  16. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Roman Road, Town Wall (Category C Listed Building) (LB49954)". Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  17. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Kirkcudbright, Meickle Yett And Town Wall (64075)". Canmore. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  18. ^ "An Observation of Kirkcudbright's town wall" (PDF). Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society. p. 136-7. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  19. ^ a b Historic Environment Scotland. "Lauder, Town Wall (55878)". Canmore. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  20. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Montrose, West End Park, Old Town Walls (146670)". Canmore. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  21. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "West End Park and Western Road, fragments of Old Town Walls (Category B Listed Building) (LB38183)". Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  22. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Peebles,town wall (Scheduled Monument) (SM2685)". Retrieved 3 April 2022.}
  23. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Peebles, Town Wall (51440)". Canmore. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  24. ^ "Town Wall". www.peebles-theroyalburgh.info. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  25. ^ a b Historic Environment Scotland. "Perth, Town Defences (28417)". Canmore. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  26. ^ "St Andrews, West Port". Britain Express. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  27. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "St Andrews Cathedral, Precinct Wall (94500)". Canmore. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  28. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "St Andrews,West Port (Scheduled Monument) (SM90263)". Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  29. ^ Mason, R.; MacDougall, N. (2021). People and Power in Scotland: Essays in Honour of T. C. Smout. Birlinn. p. 21. ISBN 978-1-78885-414-6. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  30. ^ The Popular Encyclopedia: Or, Conversations Lexicon. The Popular Encyclopedia: Or, Conversations Lexicon. Blackie. 1862. p. 163. Retrieved 5 April 2022.

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