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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)
