Tron (Scotland)

For other uses, see Tron (disambiguation).

Reconstructed tron in the village of Stenton, East Lothian

A tron was a weighing beam in medieval Scotland, usually located in the marketplaces of burghs. There are various roads and buildings in several Scottish towns that are named after the tron. For example, Trongate in Glasgow and Tron Kirk in Edinburgh. Etymologically the word is derived from the Old French tronel or troneau, meaning "balance".[1]

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