What is recorded here
Edinburgh Castle, Boundary Stone Number 12 marks a castle boundary from the 19th Century. It stands among castle walls and city life, small enough to overlook yet exact enough to show where one domain ended and another began. People may have brushed past it for centuries, unaware that a tiny stone was drawing a line across Edinburgh itself.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Edinburgh Castle, Boundary Stone Number 12 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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