What is recorded here

Davidson's Mains, Cramond Road South, Lauriston Castle is a 20th-century loopholed wall in Edinburgh, Scotland. Its narrow openings suggest defense or boundary control, though no war or owner is recorded. A person may have stood behind that wall, watching the road or protecting a garden. The wall still marks a line between private land and public memory.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Edinburgh, Davidson's Mains, Cramond Road South, Lauriston Castle as Loopholed Wall (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.

Lauriston Castle was originally built in the late 15th century by the Crichton family, a prominent Scottish noble family, and later held by various noble owners including the Maitlands and the Baillies. It is remembered as a historically significant example of a Scottish tower house and for its connections to the development of Edinburgh's west coast.

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