What is recorded here

Castle Street in Edinburgh still carries the shape of a working city, but the exact memory has thinned. What remains is a narrow strip where stone, trade and daily life pressed together. The numbers on the facade do more than locate a building; they measure the reach of human activity. Judge the place by that much, and it stops being a blank dot on a map.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Edinburgh, 60, 62 Castle Street as Shop (19th Century), Tenement (18th 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.

The historic-place record does not grant public access. Check current conditions and ownership before entering land or a building.