At the junction of High Street and South Methven Street was the old West Port, one of the many entrances to the city in medieval times. Traders would enter her to go to the many markets held within the walls. A modern information board entitled Going to Market (Panel 9 of the Perth Medieval Trail) can be found beside the newly redeveloped St Paul’s Church open-air space.
A stone plaque in the roadway of the High Street near its junction with Skinnergate marks the site of the Old Mercat Cross. A modern information board close-by describes the various markets held over the centuries. This is Panel 6 of the Perth Medieval Trail which replaced an earlier board (also pictured below). Further details of markets and trades are recorded on Panel 8 at St John’s Kirk. The original cross was demolished by Cromwell’s engineers to provide stones for his citadel. It was re-instated in 1669 and this replacement demolished in 1765. It was here in 1746 that Charles…
This plaque sits just to the left of Perth's Job Centre at 60-62 High Street. Erected by the Gaelic Society of Perth, it commemorates the birthplace of Marjory Kennedy-Fraser, renowned collector of Hebridean Songs, in 1857. The Scots Opera Project made its Perth Festival of the Arts debut with Marjory Kennedy-Fraser’s and Granville Bantock’s Celtic folk opera, The Seal-Woman on May 21st and 22nd 2024. See more about this opera at the Scots Opera Project website.
This sculpture by David Annand at the junction of High Street and King Edward Street was inspired by William Soutar’s 1941 poem ‘Nae Day Sae Dark’.