Gretna, Old Toll Bar
Toll House (Post Medieval)
Site Name Gretna, Old Toll Bar
Classification Toll House (Post Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Scotland's First House; Tollhouse
Canmore ID 151891
Site Number NY36NW 87
NGR NY 32690 67066
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/151891
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Gretna
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NY36NW 87 32690 67066
(Location cited as NY 327 761). Tollhouse, c. 1820. A Telford-type tollhouse, with bowed centre bay, now converted to a tearoom. Runaway marriages were celebrated here, as at the nearby smithy (NY 327 763), now almoat unrecognisable as such.
J R Hume 1976.