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Balmanno Castle, 'joug Tree'

Pillory (post Medieval), Tree (period Unassigned)

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Balmanno Castle, 'joug Tree' still stands in Perth and Kinross, a post Medieval pillory beneath an unassigned tree. People may have tied offenders to that wood while neighbours watched, turning punishment into a local spectacle. The castle name suggests power, but the tree and post exposed everyone to public judgement.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Balmanno Castle, 'joug Tree' as Pillory (post Medieval), Tree (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

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