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Kilmaurs, Main Street, Tolbooth

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Pillory (Post Medieval), Tolbooth (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Kilmaurs, Main Street, Tolbooth

Classification Pillory (Post Medieval), Tolbooth (Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) Council House; Irvine Vennel

Canmore ID 42940

Site Number NS44SW 10

NGR NS 41041 41210

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/42940

Ordnance Survey licence number AC0000807262. All rights reserved.
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Oblique aerial view of Kilmaurs Market Cross and Tolbooth, looking W.
Oblique aerial view of Kilmaurs Market Cross and Tolbooth, looking W.Aerial view of Kilmaurs Town CentreAerial view of Kilmaurs Town CentreView from S.Oblique aerial view of Kilmaurs Market Cross and Tolbooth, looking WNW.Oblique aerial view of Kilmaurs Market Cross and Tolbooth, looking E.Oblique aerial view of town of Kilmaurs, the Market Cross and Tolbooth, looking NE.Aerial view of Kilmaurs Town CentreAerial view of Kilmaurs Town CentreKilmaurs, Main Street, Tolbooth, NS44SW 10, Ordnance Survey index card, page number 1, RectoView from NW.South Elevation; Ground Plan; First Floor Plan. Preparatory drawing for 'Tolbooths and Town-Houses', RCAHMS, 1996. Aerial view of Kilmaurs Town CentreAerial view of Kilmaurs Town CentreKilmaurs, Main Street, Tolbooth, NS44SW 10, Ordnance Survey index card, RectoGeneral view from southView from SW.Oblique aerial view of Kilmaurs Market Cross and Tolbooth, looking NE.Aerial view of Kilmaurs Town CentreAerial view of Kilmaurs Town CentreKilmaurs, Main Street, Tolbooth, NS44SW 10, Ordnance Survey index card, page number 1, RectoKilmaurs, Main Street, Tolbooth, NS44SW 10, Ordnance Survey index card, page number 2, VersoSouth facade, detail of third stage of steepleGeneral view from southOblique aerial view of Kilmaurs Market Cross and Tolbooth, looking SE.Aerial view of Kilmaurs Town CentreView from south of steeple, clock and spire.View from N.General view from southOblique aerial view of Kilmaurs Market Cross and Tolbooth, looking N.Oblique aerial view of Kilmaurs Market Cross and Tolbooth, looking NNW.Oblique aerial view of Kilmaurs Market Cross and Tolbooth, looking NW.Aerial view of Kilmaurs Town CentreSouth facade, jougsGeneral view from southOblique aerial view of Kilmaurs Market Cross and Tolbooth, looking NNE.Oblique aerial view of Kilmaurs Market Cross and Tolbooth, looking N.Aerial view of Kilmaurs Town CentreGeneral view from southView from S.South facade, detail of jougsGeneral view from South.Oblique aerial view of Kilmaurs Market Cross and Tolbooth, looking WSW.View from south of steeple, clock and spire

Administrative Areas

  • Council East Ayrshire
  • Parish Kilmaurs (Kilmarnock And Loudoun)
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Kilmarnock And Loudoun
  • Former County Ayrshire

Archaeology Notes

NS44SW 10 41041 41210.

(NS 4104 4120) The old Kilmaurs Tolbooth or Council House stands on the corner opposite the Irvine Vennel, and in the centre of the main thoroughfare. Its walls are 3ft thick, and there are two small windows high in the gable. The building is mentioned in 1667 and again in 1743. The steeple was built in 1800.

D McNaught 1912

The tolbooth is a considerably restored building which stands isolated in the main street of Kilmaurs. The clock tower forms the S frontage and a stone bearing the part date '17..' is inserted in the wall. The small block of buildings on the N is modern. A set of jougs is attached to the S wall of the tolbooth.

Visited by OS (JLD) 27 July 1956

No change. In good repair.

Visited by OS (JRL) 24 August 1982.

Removed from list of scheduled ancient monuments, former number 321.

Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 19 November 1996.

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