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Image: Remains of the Citadel, Leith

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Description: This tranced gateway (with some reconstruction on the left) is all that remains of Cromwell's fort at Leith. In 1656, Edinburgh was given the choice between paying for the building of this fort to control the trade of Leith or losing its jurisdiction over the port. The council advanced 60,000 pounds Scots towards its cost. When, after the Restoration, it became the property of the earl of Lauderdale, who threatened to create his own burgh of barony on this part of Leith, the council (i.e. of Edinburgh) had to pay the same amount, £5,000 sterling, to re-purchase the land.
Title: Remains of the Citadel, Leith
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Author: Kim Traynor
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