What is recorded here
Dalhousie Castle, South Lodge stands in Midlothian as a gate lodge, though no date or owner has been recorded. It may have guarded the main entrance or simply marked the boundary of a larger estate. The absence of a date does not reduce its purpose. A gate lodge still performs its function: it tells a person they have reached the edge of somewhere private.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Dalhousie Castle, South Lodge as Gate 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.
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