Mercat Port
市场门

Mercat Port
市场门

The medieval city of St Andrews was much smaller than the modern settlement. In the late Middle Ages Market Street had housing only as far west as the current road junction with Greyfriars Gardens. An inlaid slab in the pavement nearby marks the site of the old Mercat Port - one of a number of gateways denoting the boundary between the city of St Andrews and the surrounding countryside. We are not sure when the Mercat Port was built. However, it was a well-established landmark by 1515 (when it was referred to in a property transaction). Early drawings of the Mercat Port show a plain stone archway, and it is probable that this gateway was a simpler structure than the surviving West Port on South Street. The Mercat Port was still standing in 1735, but it was demolished shortly afterwards.

中世纪的圣安德鲁斯比现在的小得多。在中世纪晚期，市场街在最西边的住房是现在交叉路口的方济会花园。附近的人行道上的镶嵌板标志着老的市场的门 —— 这个门是圣安德鲁斯和周围的乡村的界限之一。我们不确定市场的门是什么时候建成的。然而, 在1515年，市场门已经是一个地标性建筑了(在一份产权交易中被提到)。早期的绘画显示市场门是一个普通石头拱门,这个门可能是一个比幸存的南街的西门更简单的建筑。市场门在1735年仍然存在, 但之后不久它就被拆毁了。

2015/6/7

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