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Edinburgh, 555 Castlehill, Reservoir

Commemorative Monument (19th Century), Reservoir (19th Century), Witch Association (medieval)
Edinburgh, 555 Castlehill, Reservoir
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Five hundred fifty-five Castlehill holds a nineteenth-century reservoir and monument above the medieval shadow of witch hunts. Water still moves beneath the stones while the city breathes around it. The number itself becomes a room in memory, large enough to enter without proof.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Edinburgh, 555 Castlehill, Reservoir as Commemorative Monument (19th Century), Reservoir (19th Century), Witch Association (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.

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Photo: N Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0