What is recorded here

Edinburgh Castle, Esplanade is a 20th Century esplanade on the castle rock, where the ground itself became a stage for ceremony and spectacle. The flat expanse under the walls invites crowds to gather, march or simply stare upward until the stones seem to lean back. Its accuracy is recorded to the nearest metre, yet its purpose is larger than measurement: a place for the city to perform itself beneath the castle's shadow.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Edinburgh Castle, Esplanade as Esplanade (20th 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, Esplanade was developed as part of the 20th-century military and civic improvements to the historic Edinburgh Castle complex, which has been held by the British Army since 1633. It is important as part of the ongoing use and adaptation of one of Scotland's most iconic and strategically significant fortresses.

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