What is recorded here

Limekiln and quarry in Castleton Parish, Scottish Borders, worked after the Medieval period. Heat, stone and labour turned raw hill into building material. The exact outline has faded, but the function remains clear: take stone, transform it, carry it elsewhere.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Castleton Parish, Limekiln as Lime Kiln (post Medieval), Limestone Quarry (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.