What is recorded here

Cocklaw Castle stands in the Scottish Borders as a medieval castle and post-medieval well, its stones still holding the shape of hands that built them. It is not a grand display castle but a quiet edge of the old world, where water was drawn and fire was kept alive through rain. A person may have lived there with little more than stone, wood and patience, measuring days by hunger, light and the sound of the border land moving around them.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Cocklaw Castle as Castle (medieval), Well (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.

Cocklaw Castle was built in the 14th century by the Cockburn family, a prominent Scottish noble family. It is remembered for its strategic location near the River Tyne and its historical association with border conflicts between England and Scotland.

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