What is recorded here
Dumfries, 9-13 Castle Street holds a war memorial, though the exact dates and deeds behind the stone remain unrecorded. The building stands on Castle Street, a narrow artery where foot traffic still brushes past the memory of losses the town chose to mark. Without a named event or date, the memorial becomes a vessel for whatever grief or pride shaped the people who passed it. The absence of detail does not diminish the purpose; it widens the circle of everyone whose sacrifice may have lived inside the stone.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Dumfries, 9-13 Castle Street as War Memorial (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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Places near here
Burns StatueMemorial · 34 yd
Dumfries, Castle StreetFortified House (period Unassigned) · 54 yd
Dumfries, Greyfriars ChurchFigurine (bronze)(period Unassigned), Hoard (bronze)(bronze Age), Unidentified Pottery (medieval) · 54 yd
Dumfries, Buccleuch Street, Bethany HallChurch (19th Century) (1863), Hall (20th Century) · 55 yd
Dumfries, Church Crescent, Greyfriars ChurchChurch (19th Century), War Memorial(s) (19th Century) - (20th Century) · 68 yd
Dumfries, GreyfriarsDolabra (roman) · 130 yd
Queensberry MonumentMemorial · 167 yd
Mary: Dumfries, River NithSloop (19th Century) · 290 yd
Old Bridge House MuseumMuseum · 375 yd
Robert Burns CentreMuseum · 418 yd
Covenanters' CaveCave (nil Antiquity), Covenanters Cave (17th Century) · 1.6 mi
Covenanter's CaveEnclosure (period Unassigned) · 1.7 mi