What is recorded here
Aberdeen, 25-30 Castle Street, Salvation Army Citadel stands as a 19th-century Salvation Army Hall built above a medieval wall and scattered remains of shell and unidentified pottery. The building marks a clear break between ages, with human hands shaping stone for worship long after the wall first cut through the earth. What the shells and pottery belonged to has vanished, leaving only the hall to carry the weight of that forgotten depth.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Aberdeen, 25-30 Castle Street, Salvation Army Citadel as Salvation Army Hall (19th Century), Wall (medieval), Organic Material (shell)(medieval), Unidentified Pottery (medieval). 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.
The Salvation Army Citadel at 25-30 Castle Street, Aberdeen, was built in the 19th century as a place of worship and community activity for the Salvation Army. It is historically significant as a religious and social landmark in Aberdeen's urban development.
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