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Wishart Place, DUNDEE, DD1 2JE

The subway under the A991 at Marketgait keeps Cowgate open at least for pedestrians. No doubt some of them are housed under the blue roofs on the "multi" in the background.

Last remaining old city gate in Dundee. It is from here that Wishart preached to those outside the city walls during the plague.

This was once the east gate of Dundee.

The view from the town side. The official listed buildings record contains the following note: "The only remainder of Dundee's town walls and one of only 2 burgh gateways in Scotland. Dundee did not have a continuous walled rampart, but relied for a boundary on back dykes of houses. The Cowgait Port was more a customs post for the collection of revenue than a serious piece of fortification. After the last siege of a town in Britain and Dundee's brutal sacking in 1651, General Monck ordered the slighting and demolition of the towns defensive works. The Cowgait Port was spared, presumably because of its association with the protestant reformer and martyr George Wishart. According to Knox he preached to plague victims in 1544 from "the East Port", which could refer to the larger port on the Seagate or the lesser one in the Cowgate. The latter, adjacent to the old St Roques Chapel, burying ground for plague victims and site for the Old Wishart Church, seems more likely. It has been argued that Dundee's fortifications were extended in 1650 in anticipation of attack by Cromwell and that the Cowgate Port was then moved to its present position. But a stone gateway would have been no use in an artillery siege, so in all probability this is the site from which Wishart preached."

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"

Built in the 1830s by the Baxter family, the Lower Dens Mill originally produced linen from imported Baltic flax. When the Crimean War interrupted supplies of flax, the Lower Dens Mill, along with many other linen factories in Dundee, converted to jute manufacture.

Former church. Named in memory of Protestant Martyr George Wishart. The church premises were situated on the upper floors. The ground floor at one time was a public house owned by the church. A plaque in the wall above the entrance indicates a founding date of 1841.

Church named in honour of the Protestant martyr George Wishart who was accused of heresy and burned at the stake in St. Andrews in 1546. The reason for its location is revealed by a plaque on the East Port which stands close by. Image