West
of the “The Big Tree”, is a bridge over the river at the end of
Watery Lane called Scotchstone (or Scottstone). It was allegedly the place where
people could get into the town via the Balheary Road without paying toll. [It
has been suggested that this is the origin of the phrase “he got off,
scot-free”, i.e., he got off without paying tax because scot was an old word
for a tax or toll]
West
of the “The Big Tree”, is a bridge over the river at the end of
Watery Lane called Scotchstone (or Scottstone). It was allegedly the place where
people could get into the town via the Balheary Road without paying toll. [It
has been suggested that this is the origin of the phrase “he got off,
scot-free”, i.e., he got off without paying tax because scot was an old word
for a tax or toll]