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The Barclay Gate is named after James Turner Barclay [1807-1874]—Missionary, Author, Adventurer. He was the first missionary to the Holy Land for the Disciples of Christ [Christian Church]. He first recognized the gate in 1855. In the Mishna, it is referred to as the Kiponus Gate.
In New Testament times, you could go directly to the surface of the Temple Mount by means of The Robinson’s Arch or Wilson’s Arch. Barclay’s Gate, on the other hand, connected to the Temple Mount through a tunnel with a staircase to the top.
The gate was rather large, about 27 feet high. Today, you can see part of the lintel of the gate. That stone lintel was 6 1/2 feet wide and 21 feet long, weighing about 50 tons!
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The building you see in the photo was not part of Herod the Great’s construction. It was attached to the wall much later and was part of a ramp leading up to the Morocco Gate.
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