What is recorded here

Edinburgh Castle, Wellhouse Tower, Burials marks 17th-century human remains beneath castle stone. The tower rose above ordinary city life, yet death stayed hidden under its floors. People may have worked, prayed or fled nearby while the dead waited in darkness. The tower still stands, preserving what human eyes rarely see.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Edinburgh Castle, Wellhouse Tower, Burials as Human Remains (17th 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, including the Wellhouse Tower and associated burials, was originally built by the Kingdom of Scotland, with the present structure largely dating from the 12th century onward. It is important as a historic military and royal fortress, and the 17th-century burials reflect its long-standing use as a site of strategic and administrative significance.

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