Tron
- historically, this was the public steelyard or weighing-machine in a burgh, set up in or near the market-place for the weighing of various types of heavy or coarse goods. The district round about often became known as the Tron, and these areas have given rise to a variety of street-names such as Trongate in Glasgow. The Tron Kirk in Edinburgh was so named because of its proximity to the public weighing-machine. This public site was also the site of various forms of judicial punishment, some of which were particularly unpleasant. The records of Dundee Burgh Court note that, in 1550, an unfortunate by the name of Sandy Clerke was to be nalit [nailed] to the troyne be the ere [by the ear]'.