Publication Account

Date 1981

Event ID 1017817

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Publication Account

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1017817

One of the earliest notices of the tolbooth at Crail occurs in 1517 (Rogers, 1877, 26). The tolbooth as it existed in 1517 is represented only by the lowest part of its tower which has been considerably altered (RCAM, 1933, 64). Extensive alterations were carried out on the tolbooth after November 1598 when the town council ordered the sum of 1000 merks to be 'for bigging of ane towbuth' (Beveridge, 1893, 270). The circular windows in the upper part were added in 1776 and the eastern extension dates from 1814 (RCAM, 1933, 64).

Information from ‘Historic Crail: The Archaeological Implications of Development’ (1981)