Inveraray Jail
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Inveraray Jail
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 25 Mar 2014
Inveraray Jail, is a 19th-century prison and courthouse. In use as a prison from 1820 to 1889, the building is now a living museum http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_museum . It is a category A listed building (Historic Scotland Building ID: 35034 http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/sc-35034-old-jail-crown-point- British Listed Buildings). Both the courthouse and prisons opened in 1820. The courtroom, on the first floor, has a semicircle of large windows giving a magnificent view overlooking the prison yard and, beyond, across Loch Fyne. The two-storied prison has three-foot-thick walls of massive rough hewn red stone and originally contained cells on both floors, eight in total. In May 1989, Inveraray Jail was reopened as a privately owned tourist attraction, re-enacting the trials and the life of the inmates of the 19th century. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inveraray_Jail Wikipedia
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