What is recorded here
Cakemuir Castle, Queen Mary's Tree stands in Midlothian, Scotland, marked only as a tree with no known period. The castle name hints at lost walls and occupied rooms, while Queen Mary suggests a royal shadow stretching across centuries. Perhaps she walked past it, dropped a seed, or simply gave the tree its identity. The land may have kept that gesture long after the castle disappeared.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Cakemuir Castle, Queen Mary's Tree as Tree (period Unknown). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
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