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English: Heart of Midlothian Design in setts marking the spot where the Tolbooth stood in the High Street of Edinburgh. This was where tolls were paid and a bell was rung to announce the start of street market trading, a civic meeting or the curfew. One part of the building also served as a prison, hence the old custom, continued by some Edinburgh citizens today, of released prisoners spitting on the spot which stood just outside the prison doorway below the execution platform. Brass markers on a pavement kerb about fifty yards further up the street mark the site of the gallows. Sir Walter Scott used the Tolbooth's nickname as the title of his famous novel. Its position caused the High Street to narrow at this point, resulting in traffic congestion; hence its demolition in 1817. |
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