What is recorded here

Duns Castle, Screen Walls are 19th Century garden walls in the Scottish Borders. They mark a private boundary rather than a castle chamber, yet they still frame the land and exclude unwanted visitors. The stones may have hidden a kitchen garden, a seat, or a small pleasure from ordinary view.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Duns Castle, Screen Walls as Garden Wall(s) (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, Screen Walls are 19th-century garden walls associated with the historic Duns Castle, which was originally built in the 13th century by the de Vesci family, later held by the Humes of Caddis. The castle and its surviving features, including the screen walls, are important as a reminder of the area's medieval and later aristocratic heritage.

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