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St Andrews, Market Street, Tolbooth
Tolbooth (12th Century)
Site Name St Andrews, Market Street, Tolbooth
Classification Tolbooth (12th Century)
Canmore ID 93295
Site Number NO51NW 250
NGR NO 509 162
NGR Description NO c. 509 162
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/93295
- Council Fife
- Parish St Andrews And St Leonards
- Former Region Fife
- Former District North East Fife
- Former County Fife
demoilshed 1862
Publication Account (1981)
An early reference to the tolbooth occurs in 1144 when Bishop Kennedy acted as arbitrator in a dispute (Nicholson, 1974, 386). It stood in the vicinity of the market cross and was removed in 1862 as an incumbrance to the street. That structure had measured fifty-three feet (16"15m) long and thirty-three (10.6m) wide, and it is alleged that the foundation stones still had the barnacles and seaweed 'adhering to them as when they were first removed from the sea-beach' (Fleming, 1902, 108).
Information from ‘Historic St Andrews: The Archaeological Implications of Development’ (1981).
