What is recorded here

Edinburgh Castle, Boundary Stone Number 20 is a 19th Century marker set within the castle grounds. It is not a display cabinet, not a museum chamber and not a public attraction. It is a boundary stone, the kind of stone that exists to tell two areas where one stops and the other begins. That is all it is, and all it needs to be.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Edinburgh Castle, Boundary Stone Number 20 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.

Edinburgh Castle, Boundary Stone Number 20 was erected in the 19th century as part of a survey to define the castle's boundaries. It is important as a historical marker within the extensive and strategically significant fortress, which has been a key military and political site in Scottish history.

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