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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 699095
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/699095
NS32SW 13 3366 2206.
(NS 3366 2206) Tolbooth (NR) (site of)
OS 25" map (1961)
The New or Over Tolbooth was where the town's business was conducted and the jail was below. It crowned the rising ground in the centre of the Sandgate. It was built in 1574-5 on the site of its predecessor and in 1614-5 a belfry was erected on it. A steeple was projected for it in 1697, but was not completed until 1726. It was removed about 1823, at which time it was replaced by the new Town Hall (at NS 3370 2208) (c/f NS32SW 17; NS32SW 51).
W Dodd 1972; J Stillie 1864
This tolbooth has been completely removed. A plaque on the wall opposite states; "In the Mid Street stood the Tolbooth or old Gaol".
Visited by OS (JLD) 28 December 1955
The plaque at NS 3367 2206 states, "Here in Mid Street stood the Old Jail and Tolbooth".
Visited by OS (MJF) 29 October 1980
