期刊名称：Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports. SAIR
电子版ISSN：1473-3803
出版年度：2003
卷号：10
出版社：Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
摘要：The stretch of the Flodden Wall recorded in 1998–
2001 formed the north-western boundary of Edinburgh’s
historic Grassmarket, which (it has been
suggested) originally fell outwith the boundary of
the early medieval town (Harris 1996, 27 & 587).
The Grassmarket is likely to have developed during
the early part of the 14th century and is first
mentioned in the Registrum Magni Sigilii
Regum Scotorum in 1363 as ‘the street called
Newbygging under the castle’ (cited in Harris 1996,
306). It is not however until the late 15th century
that its status as an official market is mentioned in
an edict of James III (Harris 1996, 306) where it is
referred to as the ‘Westirmart’. During this period
the area housed part of the town’s official timber
market and also the Friday market for second-hand
goods (Harris 1996, 306).
