What is recorded here

Holyrood Lodge stands at 140 Queen's Drive as a nineteenth-century gate lodge, marking the edge of palace grounds rather than inviting casual entry. Its stones have watched carriage wheels and footsteps for centuries, keeping the boundary between public city and private memory. The lodge does not need to open its door to reveal what it guards; its shape already suggests the weight of what lies beyond.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Edinburgh, Holyrood Palace, 140 Queen's Drive, Holyrood Lodge as Gate Lodge (19th 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.

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