What is recorded here
Pipe Close is a narrow alley beside Castlehill in Edinburgh, recorded without a date or claimed owner. It remains a thin cut in the old city, perhaps linking streets or hiding lives that never entered formal history. The absence of a date does not reduce it; it withholds the place from easy judgement and keeps its shape alive under uncertainty.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Edinburgh, Castlehill, Pipe Close as Alley (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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