Old Photograph Toll House West Linton Scotland

Old photograph of the Toll House cottage in West Linton, Scotland. The Toll House was built in the early 19th century on the turnpike road as it entered the village. Tolls were levied on travelers including the many drovers and their animals passing through. Linton was on a major droving route and at the peak of the droving trade 30,000 or more cattle a year plus large numbers of sheep would cross the Green, passing by the Tolls House. Failure to pay tolls was punished by the imposition of heavy fines.



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