East Port, Cowgate
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East Port, Cowgate
Image: © kim traynor Taken: 22 May 2011
This is the view from without the old burgh port. The plaque above the central arch reads: "During the Plague of 1544 George Wishart Preached from the Parapet of this Port The People standing within the Gate and the Plague stricken lying without at Booths "He sent his word and healed them" Psalm cvii Restored 1877"
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Image Location
Latitude
56.464868
Longitude
-2.964148