What is recorded here

Scottish Borders, late 19th Century: Duns Castle Estate kept kennels, a kennel master's house and a water tank, a small estate where dogs, people and water belonged together. The kennel master's house suggests one person answered to the rhythm of hunger, weather and command. The water tank suggests the estate provided for life without waiting for charity. Together they form a household where love, labour and control moved through the same walls.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Duns Castle Estate, Kennels and Kennel Master's House as House (late 19th Century), Kennels (late 19th Century), Water Tank (late 19th Century). 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.

Duns Castle Estate, including its Kennels and Kennel Master's House, was built in the late 19th century, likely as part of a larger rural estate associated with land management and hunting. It is remembered for its well-preserved historic estate structures, reflecting the agricultural and sporting traditions of the Scottish gentry during the Victorian era.

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