The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . ll retain the steepleor belfry in which the town bell is hung. The following account of the tolbooths of Scotland commences withthe moi^e ancient and rude structures, and follows their development tillthe more modern style is reached. ELGIN TOLBOOTH, Morayshire. This drawing (Fig. 1220) is copied from a sketch in Rhinds Walksin Moray, and shows the old tolbooth or municipal strength of the townof Elgin. It has been a fine example of a tolbooth built in the form ofa keep, to which a council chamb
The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . ll retain the steepleor belfry in which the town bell is hung. The following account of the tolbooths of Scotland commences withthe moi^e ancient and rude structures, and follows their development tillthe more modern style is reached. ELGIN TOLBOOTH, Morayshire. This drawing (Fig. 1220) is copied from a sketch in Rhinds Walksin Moray, and shows the old tolbooth or municipal strength of the townof Elgin. It has been a fine example of a tolbooth built in the form ofa keep, to which a council chamber was subsequently added ; but, unfortu-nately, it was taken down about 1839. Mr. Rhind quotes the followingentry from the Burgh Records, from which it seems that the tolbooth was TAIN TOLBOOTH 99 FOURTH PERIOD erected in 1605 :—The tolbooth biggit wt. stanes frae ye kirkyard dyke,and sclaititt wt. stanes frae Dolass. It would appear (says Rhind) asif the previous tolbooth had been of wood and thatched, for an entry alittle before in the same record stands, Item £3, 6s. 8d. for fog to thack. FiQ. Tolbooth. (Copied from RhimVs Walks in ) the tolbooth. The building of the tolbooth above referred to probablyrelates to the erection of the council chamber, as the keep has the appear-ance of being of older date. TAIN TOLBOOTH, Ross-shire. Althou-h one of the ancient royal burghs of Scotland, dating, it issaid, from the days of Malcolm Canmore, Tain now presents few memo-rials of its former celebrity. The once famous shrine of St. Duthac, therefuge of Scottish royalty in distress, and the scene of an annual peni-tentL pilgrimage by James iv., has been almost entirely obliterated m FOURTH PERIOD — 100 — TAIN TOLBOOTH the restored chapel of recent date. But the town, although modern ingeneral aspect, has yet retamed one edifice which redeems its ancientcharacter in a genuine and well-preserved example of the Scottish tolbooth(Fig. 1221). This tower is speciall
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