What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Edinburgh, Leith, the Shore, 'king's Wark' as Artillery Fortification (15th Century). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
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