
What is recorded here
Black Castle is a prehistoric Pit Alignment in East Lothian, Scotland. Its exact point is recorded at one-metre resolution, although the name evokes a lost castle and the boundary between memory and fact.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Black Castle as Pit Alignment (prehistoric). 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 historic-place record does not grant public access. Check current conditions and ownership before entering land or a building.
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Photo: Richard Webb · CC BY-SA 2.0