Archaeology Notes

Event ID 700289

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/700289

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By a charter of 22nd October 1386, King Robert II granted to the burgesses and community of Irvine, land measuring forty feet (12m) in length and thirty feet (9m) in breadth in the market place 'on which they may build a decent and fair house, in which they may hold their public and private Councils'.

In 1745 the tolbooth was repaired at a cost of $450. The tolbooth, which stood as an island in the High Street was taken down in 1860 and the site now lies buried under tarmac on the roadway.

A T Simpson and S Stevenson 1980

No trace.

Visited by OS 26 May 1954.