What is recorded here

Dean Castles is an iron Age promontory fort in the Scottish Borders, where a sharp ridge still forces anyone climbing it to feel the advantage the first builders knew. The land may have worn smooth, but the shape remains a weapon against hesitation. People who stand there do not need a lecture about defence; their knees and breath understand the edge immediately.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Dean Castles as Promontory Fort (iron Age). 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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