https://stage.openvirtualworlds.org/omeka/files/original/fe992f02205456101b6b19cd25fedb9a.png 840462cdfda661bd77f3c16315ac6a97 https://stage.openvirtualworlds.org/omeka/files/original/761f0575f76f3ca289cf0b527c3b6506.jpg 48e08dd8a8d168c059415f0c6c0785da https://stage.openvirtualworlds.org/omeka/files/original/243c5356aa6356c898c1f578564ec75a.jpg 48e08dd8a8d168c059415f0c6c0785da Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Museum: St Andrews tolbooth Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 211 Reconstruction Date Represented 1565 Advisers Douglas Speirs (Fife Council Archaeology Service) Authors Sarah Kennedy, Alan Miller Canmore https://canmore.org.uk/site/93295/st-andrews-market-street-tolbooth How This was one of our earlier digital interpretations. Using the scale plan of the archaeological dig, provided to us by Fife Council Archaeologist Douglas Spiers. We placed the scale drawing in SketchUp and used the tools within the software to build the visualisation. Evidence The three main sources of evidence to draw upon for this reconstruction were the John Geddy Map from the early 1580s, James Gordon's map insert of St Andrews 1642 and the Fife Council Archaeological dig in Market Street in 2011. We worked with Fife Council Archaeologist Douglas Spiers whilst referencing the map illustrations and drawing upon his knowledge of archaeology and Scottish medieval history. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. License A legal document giving official permission to do something with the resource. In Copyright (InC) Title A name given to the resource St Andrews Tolbooth - 1565 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived reconstructions Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/png Type The nature or genre of the resource Reconstruction Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 210 Description An account of the resource Location: Middle of Market Street. Date Built: Twelfth to nineteenth centuries. Outlined in the paving on Market Street is the location of St Andrews' former tolbooth (the Scottish equivalent of a town hall). We do not know precisely when St Andrews’ tolbooth was built, but recent archaeological excavation suggests the site has been in use since the twelfth century. The tolbooth underwent several major renovations and was almost completely rebuilt in the sixteenth century. As in other Scottish towns, the tolbooth was a meeting place for the local council and community. It also acted as a prison. St Andrews' tolbooth was eventually demolished in the 1860s as it was regarded as an obstruction to traffic. In front of the tolbooth, stood the tron - a weighing beam with the city's official weights and measures. During the Middle Ages, weights and measures were not standardised across the country. Each town had its own measures. Like most Scottish towns, St Andrews was administered by a committee known as the burgh council. The council was led by the provost (the Scottish equivalent of a mayor). In theory, the provost was elected. However, for most of the sixteenth century, the provost of St Andrews was always a member of the Learmonth family. The Learmonths aggressively dealt with any opposition. They reputedly even resorted to murder to get their way! The burgh court met regularly in the Tolbooth. Many of the issues dealt with by the court concerned property disputes. For example, squabbles about non-payment of rents or disputed boundaries were often resolved by the burgh court. The Tolbooth was extended in the 1560s in order to provide more meeting space for the burgh council. The building work was financed with money previously allocated to the Catholic Church. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,56.34040466404158,-2.796016712692856; Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2014 Subject The topic of the resource Culture,Intangible Heritage Europeana Specific elements of the Europeana Semantic Elements. Europeana Type The Europeana material type of the resource. TEXT Object The URL of a suitable source image in the best resolution available on the web site of the data provider from which small images could be generated for use in the portal. This will often be the same URL as given in europeana:isShownBy. https://player.vimeo.com/video/388450813 Is Shown At An unambiguous URL reference to the digital object on the provider’s web site in its full information context. https://www.openvirtualworlds.org/st-andrews-tolbooth-1565/ Europeana Rights Information about copyright of the digital object that is specified in isShownBy and isShownAt and, by extension, to the preview images used in the portal. Open Virtual Worlds Team University of St Andrews Cultural>Monument Early Modern standrews tolbooth Urban Settlement