The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . Fig. 123i5.—Crail Tolbooth. on the left has been added as a council chamber. The town is of veryancient date, having a port which carried on trade with the Continent inthe ninth century. It was first chartered by Bruce in 1306, and still con-tinues to be governed by the provost, bailies, and town councillors, whohold their deliberations in the above ancient edifice. * We have to thank Mr. R. Murray for the accompanying sketch. FOURTH PERIOD 118 — DYSART TOLBOOTH DYSART TOLBOOTH * Fifbshire. Dysa
The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . Fig. 123i5.—Crail Tolbooth. on the left has been added as a council chamber. The town is of veryancient date, having a port which carried on trade with the Continent inthe ninth century. It was first chartered by Bruce in 1306, and still con-tinues to be governed by the provost, bailies, and town councillors, whohold their deliberations in the above ancient edifice. * We have to thank Mr. R. Murray for the accompanying sketch. FOURTH PERIOD 118 — DYSART TOLBOOTH DYSART TOLBOOTH * Fifbshire. Dysart is an ancient port on the north side of the Frith of Forth, ashort distance east from Kirkcaldy. In the fifteenth century it was aplace of some trade, and formed a burgh of barony under the St. Glairs,the proprietors of the neighbouring castle of Ravenscraig. f In the six-teenth century it was raised to the dignity of a royal burgh by James v.,and indications of its former prosperity may still be seen in the solid. Fig. 123.—Dysart Tolbooth. though decaying mansions, with mottoes and arms carved upon the lintels,which are still to be observed in the deserted streets. The town hall(Fig. 1137), which dates from 1617, although blown up by Cromwellstroopers, still retains its massive old tower or tolbooth. Notwithstandingthe repairs and alterations it has undergone, the structure is pictuiesque,and in harmony with its surroundings. CULROSS TOLBOOTH, Perthshire. Some account of this old town has already been given. | The townhall here (Fig. 1238) is a good specimen of the more elegant structures* We have to thank Mr. R. Murray for the annexed sketch,t Vol. I. p. 538. t Vol. II. p. 432. CULROSS TOLBOOTH 119 FOURTH PERIOD which in the seventeenth century took the place of the older fortresses orkeeps, which constituted at once the prison and the seat of justice in ourtowns. It fronts the Sand Haven, near the Colonels Close. Mr. Beveridge *states that the building dates from t
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