List of town walls in Scotland

This list of town walls 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 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]

List
Key to Scottish heritage status
Status Criteria[2]
B Grade B listed. Building of special architectural or historic interest which are major examples of a particular period, style or building type
C Grade C listed. Building of special architectural or historic interest which are representative examples of a period, style or building type.
SM
 Scheduled monument. Nationally important archaeological building.
Note: The term "building" includes structures such as walls and bridges.
Name Reference(s) County Heritage
status		 Condition Image Notes
Aberlady town wall [3] East Lothian C Substantial remains Historic Environment Scotland listing as Aberlady, Back Lane, Town Wall. The wall is approximately 510 m (1,670 ft) long, which incorporates an earlier town wall.[3]
Dunbar town wall [4][5] East Lothian No listing Masonry fragments A fragment of Dunbar Town Wall was found at 24 High Street. The wall varies in height from 12 m (39 ft) to 6 m (20 ft) and it's about 1 m (3.3 ft) thick.[5] "
Dundee town wall [6][7] Dundee City No listing One gatehouse (port) and vestiges Canmore listing as Dundee, East (Cowgate) Port, Wishart Arch - Gateway (Period Unassigned), Town Wall (16th Century). "By the end of the (16th) century, however, the town had invested heavily in the upgrading of existing ports and the building of a stone wall to surround the town"[7]
Edinburgh town walls [8] City of Edinburgh
SM
 Substantial remains Scheduled Monument listing as Edinburgh Town Wall, Flodden Wall and Telfer Wall, Heriot Place.

Scheduled Monument number: SM2901

Haddington town wall [9][10][11] East Lothian B One gatehouse (port) and vestiges Historic Environment Scotland listing as Town Wall (Heddington)
Inverkeithing town wall [12][13] Fife C Masonry fragments Historic Environment Scotland listing as Roman Road, Town Wall
Kirkcudbright town wall [14][15] Dumfries and Galloway No listing Vestiges Canmore listing as Kirkcudbright, Meickle Yett and Town Wall
Lauder
town wall		 [16] Scottish Borders No listing No remains Canmore listing as Lauder, Town Wall
Montrose town wall [17][18] Angus B Fragments Historic Environment Scotland listing as West End Park and Western Road, fragments of Old Town Walls
Peebles town wall [19][20][21][11] Scottish Borders
SM
 Vestiges with one remaining corner bastion. Scheduled Monument listing as Peebles,town wall.

Scheduled Monument number: SM2685

Perth town wall [22] Perth and Kinross No listing One remaining section Canmore listing as Perth, Town Defences
St Andrews town (or city) wall [23][24][25][26][27] Fife
SM
 Only two gatehouses (ports) remain
St Andrews has never had a defensive wall as such, it was intended purely to impress people entering the city. There are two 'ports', or gates, still inexistance. West Port (left upper) which was built in 1587 and rebuilt in 1843, the other being Sea Yett or Mill Port (left lower). The Scheduled Monument listing as West Port, St Andrews.

Scheduled Monument number: SM90263

Stirling town wall [11] Stirling
SM
 Substantial remains The wall stands between about 4.8 m (16 ft) and 7 m (23 ft) in height and is about 1.8 m (5.9 ft) thick. Scheduled Monument listing as Stirling, town wall & bastion & Port Street Bastion at 44 Bastion Wynd.

Scheduled Monument number: SM1754

See also

References
  1. "Aberdeen, Town Gates". Canmore. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  2. "What is listing?". Historic Environment Scotland. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  3. Historic Environment Scotland. "Aberlady, Back Lane, Town Wall (Category C Listed Building) (LB49597)". Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  4. Historic Environment Scotland. "Dunbar Town Wall (57698)". Canmore. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  5. "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. 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. "Edinburgh Town Wall, Flodden Wall and Telfer Wall, Heriot Place (Scheduled Monument) (SM2901)". Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  9. Historic Environment Scotland. "Town walls (Category B Listed Building) (LB34468)". Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  10. Historic Environment Scotland. "Haddington (56514)". Canmore. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  11. Historic Environment Scotland. "Stirling, town wall & bastion & Port Street Bastion at 44 Bastion Wynd (Scheduled Monument) (SM1754)". Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  12. Historic Environment Scotland. "Inverkeithing (50933)". Canmore. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  13. Historic Environment Scotland. "Roman Road, Town Wall (Category C Listed Building) (LB49954)". Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  14. Historic Environment Scotland. "Kirkcudbright, Meickle Yett And Town Wall (64075)". Canmore. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  15. "An Observation of Kirkcudbright's town wall" (PDF). Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society. p. 136-7. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  16. Historic Environment Scotland. "Lauder, Town Wall (55878)". Canmore. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  17. Historic Environment Scotland. "Montrose, West End Park, Old Town Walls (146670)". Canmore. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  18. Historic Environment Scotland. "West End Park and Western Road, fragments of Old Town Walls (Category B Listed Building) (LB38183)". Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  19. Historic Environment Scotland. "Peebles,town wall (Scheduled Monument) (SM2685)". Retrieved 3 April 2022.}
  20. Historic Environment Scotland. "Peebles, Town Wall (51440)". Canmore. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  21. "Town Wall". www.peebles-theroyalburgh.info. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  22. Historic Environment Scotland. "Perth, Town Defences (28417)". Canmore. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  23. "St Andrews, West Port". Britain Express. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  24. Historic Environment Scotland. "St Andrews Cathedral, Precinct Wall (94500)". Canmore. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  25. Historic Environment Scotland. "St Andrews,West Port (Scheduled Monument) (SM90263)". Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  26. 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.
  27. The Popular Encyclopedia: Or, Conversations Lexicon. The Popular Encyclopedia: Or, Conversations Lexicon. Blackie. 1862. p. 163. Retrieved 5 April 2022.

Sources
  • Cullen, W. Douglas (1988). The Walls of Edinburgh. Cockburn Association. ISBN 0-9505159-1-4
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