Moray HER - NJ26SW0060 - 107-147 HIGH STREET, ELGIN

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Period Details

PeriodOrderProbabilityRadiocarbon DatesDate BuiltDate of DestructionDate of Loss
Medieval (1100 - 1560 AD) A100    
Post-Medieval (from 1560 AD) B100    

Period Notes

Period Notes Referred to as burgh in 1150 by King David I; Pope Honorarius granted permission to move cathedral in 1225; visited by King Edward I in 1296; original dwellings of single storey thatch cottages replaced from 17thC onwards; old tollbooth and parish church fell to 19thC improvements; town declined in late 18thC; 1820-1840 Elgin transformed into stately neo-classical town.

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