Jougs at Eckford Parish Church
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Jougs at Eckford Parish Church
Image: © Walter Baxter Taken: 15 Dec 2007
This set of jougs on the south wall of the church has four links and a full collar, and was used as an instrument of punishment by attaching the iron collar around an offender's neck. It is positioned by a built up doorway and in 1718 the Session records noted the payment of "£1-10 Scots for the jougs put up at the kirk door". (Source: The Churches and Graveyards of Roxburghshire by G.A.C. Binnie).
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Image Location
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55.538079
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-2.466926