. Elgin past and present : a historical guide / by Herbert B. Mackintosh. Palace wasgifted to the town by theCountess-Dowager of Sea-field, Board of Worksin May 1888 gave permis-sion for this door to betransferred from the Cath-edral, and used as the en-trance gate to the thenPalace grounds. On theopening up of the CooperPark this entrance gatewaywas done away with, andthe door hung in its presentposition, but, alas, it hasnot been maintained norrepaired with that care thisvenerable relic would like to see it in theMuseum. Tradition blamesit. The entrance to the Palace, as be
. Elgin past and present : a historical guide / by Herbert B. Mackintosh. Palace wasgifted to the town by theCountess-Dowager of Sea-field, Board of Worksin May 1888 gave permis-sion for this door to betransferred from the Cath-edral, and used as the en-trance gate to the thenPalace grounds. On theopening up of the CooperPark this entrance gatewaywas done away with, andthe door hung in its presentposition, but, alas, it hasnot been maintained norrepaired with that care thisvenerable relic would like to see it in theMuseum. Tradition blamesit. The entrance to the Palace, as before stated, was by an ancient gate-way, as in Rhinds illustration, off what was termed the Bishops Road—latterly Dunkinty Road—the old road between the Palace andThe College which led to the Lossie. At the north-west end of thewall of the bishops garden, spanning this road, formerly stood oneof the four ports in the precinct wall. It has often been a matter of speculation how the bishops, thecanons, the clergy, and others passed with any degree of dignity between. Fig. 9.—Shield of Bishop David Stewart. Cromwells soldiers for the shot holes in
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