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Overseas trade: the Middle Ages to the sixteenth century Coastal salt-pans are recorded in Scottish charters from the twelfth century onwards. Most were linked with coal-mines, salt being produced by boiling sea-water in large metal vessels. Customs duty on salt was introduced in 1429. Almost all the salt exported seems to have come from salt-pans owned by collieries. The salt from Edinburgh and Haddington came from the pans at Prestoun (hence Prestonpans), which were linked to the colliery at Tranent; similarly, the salt from Dysart and Culross was produced there at-pans owned· by adjacent collieries. Customs returns for salt, unlike those for coal, begin from the point at which they were devised but salt exports were «) LinlithgowTranscribers who have contributed to this page.
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