228:(weapon shows), to present their arms and armour for inspection. The newly opened Barrack Street was its eastern boundary. It is unclear as to whether the land had been owned by the 'Town and University' and was sold to the Government for a token payment, or if the military were only allowed the use of the land, not sold it, and that it should have been returned to the original owners after it was no longer required. Historians noted that people were suspicious of the Government's motives for establishing military
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were used only to treat the military. This, and the "exceptional depravity" of the area, was given as one of the reasons for the re-location of the barracks, but the
University had already moved from the area because the Gallowgate was an unhealthy place to live. In 1872
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