What is recorded here

Edinburgh Castle, Boundary Stone Number 21 marks a castle boundary recorded in the nineteenth century. The stone stands near the fortress rocks where soldiers, masons and visitors passed for centuries. It is small, plain and exact, yet it holds the shape of a much larger place.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Edinburgh Castle, Boundary Stone Number 21 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.

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