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Strathaven, Castle Street, Baron Baillie

Jail (Medieval)

Site Name Strathaven, Castle Street, Baron Baillie

Classification Jail (Medieval)

Alternative Name(s) Old Jail

Canmore ID 205370

Site Number NS74SW 108

NGR NS 704 445

NGR Description NS c. 704 445

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council South Lanarkshire
  • Parish Avondale
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District East Kilbride
  • Former County Lanarkshire

Architecture Notes

NMRS REFERENCE:

Strathaven, Castle Street, Old Jail which was Category C Listed was burnt c. October 1963.

(Undated) information from NMRS Demolitions catalogue.

Activities

Publication Account (1983)

The Tolbooth, more conrnonly known as the 'old jail', stood in the Sandknowe. It was described as ugly in the extreme, of two storeys in height and served as tolbooth, prison and court house combined (Brown, 1947, 109). The court until the nineteenth century was presided over by the town's sole municipal officer, the baron bailie.

Information from ‘Historic Strathaven: The Archaeological Implications of Development’ (1983).

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