Castlegate, Aberdeen

Castlegate is a small area of Aberdeen, Scotland, located centrally at the east end of the city's main thoroughfare Union Street.

Generally speaking, locals consider it to encompass the square at the end of Union Street where the Mercat Cross and Gallowgate are located.

At the upper end of Castlegate stands The Salvation Army Citadel, an effective castellated mansion, on the site of the medieval Aberdeen Castle.

A small area of the old granite road pavings remains in the bus lane, next to the courts, just the spot where public hangings were conducted.

A small bronze statue was erected over the top by William Lindsay, a goldsmith then in charge of the city's water.