Former tollhouse
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Former tollhouse
Image: © Alverie Weighill Taken: 1 Aug 2015
Surveyed by the Milestone Society. This small building is on the B723 into Lockerbie from the south at Townfoot. In 1822 it was bought by Major General Sharpe for £60 and converted into a tollhouse by John MacDonald for £119 11s 5d. In 1825 the tollkeeper was George McQueen and in 1851 Thomas Ivison. In 1857 it was crossed out in the OS Name Books so possibly no longer a tollhouse.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.117091
Longitude
-3.356153