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Archaeology Notes

Event ID 704518

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/704518

NS67SE 5 65231 74101

Where the Town Steeple now stands there stood the Tolbooth. It was ordered to be repaired in 1749.

J Horne 1910.

Prior to 1806 the old Tolbooth and Town Hall stood on the site of the present Town Steeple.

T Johnston 1937.

NS 6522 7410 The Town Steeple is now isolated from the surrounding buildings, which were removed during road widening. No trace of the old Tolbooth remains.

Visited by OS (J F C) 19 February 1954.

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