Edinburgh, Craigmillar Castle Road, Craigmillar Castle — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Craigmillar Castle stands on Craigmillar Castle Road in Edinburgh, a medieval structure preserved in the national record. Its walls have watched the city grow for centuries, holding stories of power and change that predate modern memory. The castle remains a marker of Scotland's layered past, inviting imagination about the lives that moved through its chambers long before today.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Edinburgh, Craigmillar Castle Road, Craigmillar Castle as Castle (medieval). 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.

Craigmillar Castle was built in the late 14th century by the Douglas family, one of the most powerful noble families in medieval Scotland. It is remembered for its strategic importance in the Wars of Scottish Independence and later as a favored residence of the Stewart kings, including James III and James IV.

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