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Tollhouses and turnpikes
This virtual trail gives an overview of how people navigated Edinburgh by toll roads, turnpikes and tollhouses. Find out how travellers’ passage through the city was controlled and costed and spot the tell-tale signs as to where the tolls once stood.
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