Tron: Scotland’s Public Weighing Scales

The tron at Stenton, East Lothian, Scotland.

The tron at Stenton, East Lothian, Scotland. Image credit: Studio Karel/Shutterstock.com

This is the village of Stenton, in East Lothian, Scotland—a small agricultural village made up of a couple of buildings and patches of farmlands. In the medieval period, the main produce of the village was grain, hides and wool, which were sold at the markets every week. The cross like arrangement seen in the image above marks the site where the markets were held up to the middle of the 19th century.