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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]
This is a list of listed buildings in the parish of Elgin in Moray, Scotland. Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Download coordinates as: KML; GPX (all coordinates)
The statutory change of name from Elgin to Moray eventually took place in 1947 under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947. [ 6 ] [ 19 ] Reforms in 1930 under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929 saw the burgh of Elgin brought within the administrative area of the county council, and merged the county councils of Moray and neighbouring ...
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. It was rusticated and arcaded on the ground floor.
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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 .
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The A96 has a poor safety record in the substantial single carriageway section, and the road has topped polls to find the most unpopular roads in Scotland on more than one occasion. [ 3 ] The A96 was formerly part of the Euroroute system, of route E120 which ran in a circular route between Inverness, Aberdeen, Dundee and Perth .