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The 9th century Pictish Elgin Pillar, found in the churchyard of St Giles' Church in 1823. The discovery of the Elgin Pillar, a 9th-century class II Pictish stone, under the High Street in 1823 suggests there may have been an Early Christian presence in the area of the later market, but there is no further evidence of activity before Elgin was created a Royal Burgh in the 12th century. [7]
South College Street, Anderson's Institution And Gatepiers (The Elgin Institution For Support Of Old Age And Education Of Youth 57°38′53″N 3°18′17″W / 57.647979°N 3.30476°W / 57.647979; -3.30476 ( South College Street, Anderson's Institution And Gatepiers (The Elgin Institution For Support Of Old Age And Education
The Old Town Hall in Moray Street. The first town hall in Elgin was on the north side of Moray Street. It was designed by Alexander Marshall Mackenzie in the Scottish baronial style, built in ashlar stone and was completed in 1885. The design involved an asymmetrical main frontage of five bays facing onto Moray Street.
St Giles' Church is a Church of Scotland church situated in the centre of Elgin, Moray, in north-east Scotland. It is Elgin's original parish church. [2] The current building was built between 1825 and 1828 and designed in a Greek Revival style by architect Archibald Simpson. [1] It has been a Category A listed building since 1971. [3]
The Little Cross is a monument in Elgin, Scotland, located at end of the city's High Street.It marks the boundary between secular Elgin and the religious Chanonry, a part of the town that had historically been given over to ecclesiastical governance under the Bishops of Moray.
Moray County Council was initially based at the Old Courthouse adjoining Elgin Sheriff Court on the High Street in Elgin. By the 1930s it was too small and so was demolished and replaced by a new headquarters on the same site, called the 'County Buildings'. Work began on the new building in 1938 but was paused due to the Second World War. [22]
St Giles Shopping Centre is a shopping center located in Elgin, Scotland. The Centre has two floors and has a glass lift. [1] The Centre is supported with an adjacent car park. It also contains Elgin's bus station.
Elgin Cathedral, a historic ruin in Elgin, Moray, northeast Scotland, was dedicated to the Holy Trinity. It was established in 1224 on land granted by King Alexander II and stood outside the burgh of Elgin, close to the River Lossie .