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Irvine, High Street, Tolbooth
Tolbooth (13th Century)
Site Name Irvine, High Street, Tolbooth
Classification Tolbooth (13th Century)
Canmore ID 41915
Site Number NS33NW 11
NGR NS 3220 3886
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/41915
- Council North Ayrshire
- Parish Irvine
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Cunninghame
- Former County Ayrshire
NS33NW 11 3220 3886
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.
Publication Account (1980)
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' (Dobie, 1890, 16). Rent for the tolbooth was to be one penny of silver to be paid annually. In 1745 the tolbooth was repaired at a cost of £450 (McJannet, 1938, 119). The tolbooth, which stood as an island in the main street was taken down in 1860 since it obstructed traffic and the site now lies buried under tarmac on the roadway. Another townhouse was built along the line of the street close to the site of the former.
Information from ‘Historic Irvine: The Archaeological Implications of Development’ (1980).
