
What is recorded here
Castle Law is a medieval rig and furrow field in Midlothian, Scotland, where curved ridges still mark the ground. The law is not a castle or a boundary, though people may have imagined it so when they first walked the rising earth. It is a farm field shaped byrepetition, preserved because nobody covered it with roads or houses.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Castle Law as Rig and Furrow (medieval) - (post Medieval). 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.
The historic-place record does not grant public access. Check current conditions and ownership before entering land or a building.
Places near here
Castlelaw FortViewpoint · 100 yd
Castle KnowePalisaded Enclosure (prehistoric), Rig and Furrow (medieval) - (post Medieval) · 140 yd
CastlelawDisc (stone)(prehistoric) · 393 yd
WoodhouseleeWater Tank (modern) · 769 yd
Fraser Tytler MemorialMemorial · 795 yd
Glencorse Reservoir, Glen CottageCottage (19th Century) · 833 yd
C.T.R. WilsonMemorial · 1008 yd
Allermuir Hill and the KirkburnMountain or hill · 1626 yd
Mauricewood Road, PenicuikNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 1.4 mi
Bell's HillMountain / peak · 1.5 mi
Green CraigMountain / peak · 1.8 miOther information
Photo: Richard Webb · CC BY-SA 2.0