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Walk Aberdeen in 1500

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Historic Places, Rebuilt · City walk

Burgh of Aberdeen, 1500

Aberdeen in 1500 is a pair of neighbouring burghs: New Aberdeen around the Dee estuary and Old Aberdeen at the mouth of the Don, with the newly founded King's College rising beside the cathedral. The walk moves from the harbour and Castlegate through markets, quays and streets to the college and St Machar's cathedral, ending on a high viewpoint that looks over both rivers and the coastal approaches.

34 scenes — 21 streets, squares and views, 13 interiors to step inside. Planned from the Wikipedia record of Aberdeen as it stood in 1500 (“History of Aberdeen”).

The route, scene by scene

  1. 1. Mouth of the Dee
  2. 2. Harbour Blockhouse
  3. ↳ Blockhouse Guardroom · interior
  4. 3. Shiprow Quay
  5. ↳ Hanseatic Warehouse · interior
  6. 4. Castlegate
  7. 5. Mercat Cross
  8. ↳ Merchant's Counting-house · interior
  9. 6. The Tolbooth
  10. ↳ Tolbooth Council Chamber · interior
  11. 7. Kirk of St Nicholas
  12. ↳ St Nicholas Nave · interior
  13. 8. Upperkirkgate
  14. 9. The Green
  15. 10. Fishmarket
  16. ↳ Fishmarket Hall · interior
  17. 11. Putachieside
  18. 12. Market Street Way
  19. ↳ Butchers' Great Hall · interior
  20. 13. Brig o' Balgownie
  21. ↳ Bridge Toll Chamber · interior
  22. 14. Mouth of the Don
  23. ↳ Salmon-net Loft · interior
  24. 15. Old Aberdeen Gate
  25. 16. St Machar's Cathedral
  26. ↳ St Machar's Nave · interior
  27. 17. King's College
  28. ↳ King's College Chapel · interior
  29. 18. College Green
  30. ↳ College Hall · interior
  31. 19. Old Town High Street
  32. ↳ Burgess's Timber Hall · interior
  33. 20. Putachie Approach
  34. 21. Castle Hill Vantage