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Knockbrex Toll

Toll House (post Medieval)
Knockbrex Toll
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From the Historic Environment Scotland record 62946

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  • Billy McCrorie, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Andy Farrington, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Russel Wills, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Anthony O'Neil, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Richard Webb, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Mark McKie, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Explorer Tom East Knockbrex has a long grudge against the weather because it keeps raining on its parade every single day. It’s a farmstead that thinks it’s too tough for this kind of treatment, but it’s soaking wet anyway. Tell the kids it’s a castle, close enough to make them believe in magic.

West KnockbrexFarmhouse, Farmstead · 586 yd

Explorer Tom West Knockbrex had a bishop who refused to visit because he said the wind was too rude for his hat. The farmhouse just laughs at him now, letting the breeze do whatever it wants without complaint. Find a local and ask them the real story, then come back and tell me if I’m wrong.

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