Archaeology Notes

Event ID 713159

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/713159

NT17NW 24 12951 78356

Remodelled: c.1720.

(Undated) information in NMRS.

(NT 1295 7835) Queensferry Tolbooth, erected in the 17th c, was remodelled about 1720, when the tower was erected, and was further altered c.1890. It is rubble-walled, and the front harled. in the tower are two bells, dated 1694 and 1723.

RCAHMS 1929, visited 1926; SDD List 1963

As described.

Visited by OS (BS) 15 August 1974

The Queensferry tollbooth (Category A and Scheduled) was erected in the 17th century, remodelled in 1720, with the addition of the tower, and later altered c 1890. The tollbooth is a three storey building with a clock dating to 1887 at the top.

Site recorded by GUARD during the Coastal Assessment Survey for Historic Scotland, 'The Firth of Forth from Dunbar to the Coast of Fife' 18th February 1996.

(Formerly scheduled as South Queensferry, tolbooth). Descheduled.

Information from Historic Scotland: Certificate of Exclusion from Schedule dated 11 November 2003.