Super User Omeka MetsExport Plugin The software used to generate this document is called Omeka MetsExport, which operates as a plugin for Omeka. Documentation can be found at http://github/MetsExport/ Tolbooth Museum, Stonehaven <p><em>The Tolbooth is the oldest building in Stonehaven, dating from the late 16th Century.</em> Stonehaven Tolbooth was built by George Keith, 4th Earl Marischal (c. 1553 - 1623), in Old Red Sandstone as a storehouse. Gables Crow Stepped. Chimney at west end. It is a category A listed building.</p> <p>In 1600 an Act of Parliament provided that the building became a Tolbooth and local District Court. After 1624 the town business functions were also conducted from the building.</p> <p><em>Today the ground floor contains a museum that showcases the building’s turbulent past and Stonehaven’s rich history. Visitors can examine the model of the Earth’s earliest known air breathing animal found at nearby Cowie, reminisce over past domestic life, view old photographs of the town or study the local geology. You can also study the plans for the extension to the building which includes a larger museum space and a glass encased café.</em></p> <p>Artifacts on display include: items of incarceration, prehistory cist, cup stone and an extensive range of local fishing and farming implements.</p> <p><em>*Please note – the 1^st floor contains the Tolbooth Restaurant which is not part of the Open Doors Days</em></p> c. 1570 Museum 336 current,56.9607793,-2.2023429; Tolbooth Museum Stonehaven 10412 No Unknown Old Pier 14/9/2019 15/9/2019 10:00am - 4:30pm 10:00am - 4:30pm <p>1748 - 1749: three Episcopalian Ministers were incarcerated in the Tolbooth for the crime of congregational assembly of more than five people at the (now ruined) chapel situated on the grounds of Muchalls Castle along the ancient Causey Mounthy path.</p> <p></p> No No Yes No Yes Yes No No No Yes AB39 2JU