FLESHMARKET CLOSE

Named after the meat market there which led to a slaughterhouse at the side of the Nor' Loch. Four times Lord Provost, David Aitkenhead, lived here giving his title to the close.

Other notable figures who took lodgings here include Henry Dundas, later Viscount Melville and William Creech the publisher.

This close cuts through Cockburn Street and leads to Market Street.