What is recorded here

Aberdeen, 31-32 Castle Street, the Carlton, stands as a public house where ordinary people may have gathered to drink, talk and forget the cold for a little while. The exact dates remain unrecorded, but the function is clear: a room large enough for strangers to become neighbours through shared noise and warmth. Castle Street has always favoured movement, and this address likely joined that current, giving the neighbourhood a place to return when the day stopped making sense. Whether the walls still hold fragments of those conversations or have been rebuilt into something newer, the name preserves the intention.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Aberdeen, 31-32 Castle Street, the Carlton as Public House (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

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