Meikleour, The Tron
Pillory (Post Medieval), Tron (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Meikleour, The Tron
Classification Pillory (Post Medieval), Tron (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Caputh, Tron And Jougs
Canmore ID 28547
Site Number NO13NE 77
NGR NO 15753 39492
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/28547
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Caputh
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NO13NE 77 15753 39492.
The tron, to which jougs are still attached, stands in the centre of Meikleour.
T Hunter 1883
The tron is a rusticated obelisk with a hole near its pointed top, surmounted by a tall spike with a weather vane. The jougs are attched to its S face. The obelisk stands on a flat-topped, mutilated mound, 1.0m high.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS 20 February 1969.
Field Visit (13 August 1942)
This site was included within the RCAHMS Emergency Survey (1942-3), an unpublished rescue project. Site descriptions, organised by county, vary from short notes to lengthy and full descriptions and are available to view online with contemporary sketches and photographs. The original typescripts, manuscripts, notebooks and photographs can also be consulted in the RCAHMS Search Room.
Information from RCAHMS (GFG) 10 December 2014.
