What is recorded here
Edinburgh Castle, Boundary Stone Number 2 is a 19th-century boundary stone near the castle rocks. It marks a line drawn by human hands on ancient ground. The stone does not invite entry, but it invites imagination about the people who measured that place and the lives they lived beside it.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Edinburgh Castle, Boundary Stone Number 2 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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