What is recorded here
Edinburgh Castle, Boundary Stone Number 5 stands as a 19th Century marker inside the City of Edinburgh, Scotland. The stone marks a limit rather than a room, yet limits shape every castle because they tell where human ownership begins and ordinary land ends. That binary line still draws people upward, forcing them to ask what belongs to the crowd and what remains reserved.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Edinburgh Castle, Boundary Stone Number 5 as Boundary Stone (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.
The historic-place record does not grant public access. Check current conditions and ownership before entering land or a building.
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