Tain Tolbooth (Tain, Scotland)

found: Work cat.: Quick, E. Tain Talbooth, 1998:p. 5 (Tolbooths have been a focal point of many Scottish burghs since medieval times and Tain's is the most outstanding; word 'tolbooth' denotes a building where tolls and customs were collected and where the burgh council and court met; tolbooths were usually sited in the central trading area of the burgh)

found: Undiscovered Scotland WWW site, 30 Nov. 2007:Tain (The centre of Tain is dominated by the massive and imposing tower of its tolbooth. This was first built in 1630 to house court offices and a jail, and to collect tolls and taxes from traders)

found: Tain Community Website, 30 Nov. 2007:Places of interest page (Tain's most prominent building is the Tolbooth at the west end of the High Street ... the Tolbooth was built as a prison and a place of safe-keeping for the burgh's charters and arms)