What is recorded here
Cakemuir Castle, Walled Garden stands in Midlothian, Scotland, recorded without a period but marked on the official map to the nearest metre. The wall may have excluded unwanted visitors or contained something precious, perhaps vegetables, perhaps secrecy. A walled garden is never empty; it is a promise that someone tended the land and believed the result worth protecting.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Cakemuir Castle, Walled Garden as Walled Garden (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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