What is recorded here

West Lodge and Gates stand beside Castle Semple in Renfrewshire, Scotland. The exact point is known to the nearest metre, yet the function and age of the entrance remain unrecorded. A lodge implies a boundary, a threshold where permission was granted or withheld. The gates may have marked the edge of a private estate, a place where strangers stopped and residents passed through without thought.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Castle Semple, West Lodge and Gates as Gate(s) (period Unassigned), Lodge (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.

Built by the Semple family in the 16th century, Castle Semple is remembered as a historic seat of the Earls of Winton and for its strategic role in the Scottish Borders region.

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