Belfry, detail of 1646 bell showing wheel and beam
B 70841
Description Belfry, detail of 1646 bell showing wheel and beam
Date 25/7/1990
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number B 70841
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 337904, SC 2503119
Scope and Content Burgh bell and mounting inside Kirkcudbright Tolbooth, Dumfries and Galloway Kirkcudbright Tolbooth was paid for by local landowners and from fines. Sir John Gordon of Lochinvar also loaned £2000 to be repaid from council rents and selling booths in the new tolbooth. It was replaced in 1788 because it was too small. An original 1646 burgh bell survives in the steeple, built in 1642-4 after the council decided a proper steeple was an important 'ornament' for a burgh. A second bell is displayed in the building, and the burgh clock is now in Stewartry Museum. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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