What is recorded here
Edinburgh Castle and Mills Mount are an outbuilding, but no human story or clear function has emerged for the name. It may have been a workshop, guard room, or storage place beneath the castle. The absence of a visible chamber does not erase the hands that built it or the people who used it.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Edinburgh Castle, Mills Mount as Outbuilding (period Unassigned). 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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