Archaeology Notes

Event ID 693598

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NO88NE 20.00 87804 85521

NO88NE 20.01 87815 85509 Sundial

(NO 8781 8552) Tollbooth (NR)

OS 6" map, (1928)

The Tolbooth was built as a storehouse towards the end of the 16th century. When Stonehaven became the county town about 1600 this building, being the strongest in the town, was selected as the Tolbooth. By 1897 it had reverted to its original use.

F C Eeles 1897.

The Tolbooth, as stated above, was erected by the Earl Marischal,

circa 1600. It was restored in 1963, and is now used as a tearoom.

Visited by OS (RD) 23 July 1965.

Listed.

Scottish Castle Survey 1988; N Bogdan and I B D Bryce 1991.