Lost Edinburgh - The West Port 1914 - the old entrance to Edinburgh from the west, leading into the Grassmarket. The gateway was a very popular place to find a severed head
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Cassell's Old and new Edinburgh: its history, its people, and its places . its inhabitants, usually Irisii of thelowest class, and by the association of its name with 224 OLD AND NEW
![Group of people inside West Port Garden, Edinburgh - University of Strathclyde Archives and Special Collections Group of people inside West Port Garden, Edinburgh - University of Strathclyde Archives and Special Collections](https://atom.lib.strath.ac.uk/uploads/r/university-of-strathclyde-archives-united-kingdom/3/2/3213/T_GED_22_1_518_6_atom.jpg)