Publication Account
Date 1981
Event ID 1018215
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Publication Account
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1018215
The first mention of a tolbooth in Lanark occurs in council records in 1488 when there is a note of its repair (Renwick, 1898, i). Extensive alterations were carried out on the structure, which was located at the High Street end of Wellgate, including the construction of eight vaults of stone (Renwick, 1893, 64). The next reconstruction took place in 1714 and a third one followed in 1779.
Information from ‘Historic Lanark: The Archaeological Implications of Development’ (1981).