What is recorded here

Holly Tree stands beside Floors Castle in the Scottish Borders, its exact position known to the nearest metre though no date or story has been written for it. The castle has watched the land for centuries, but the tree remains unnamed and unrecorded except as a marker on a map. Perhaps it dropped berries on castle kitchens or marked a boundary no one remembers.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Floors Castle, Holly Tree as Tree (period Unassigned). 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.

Floors Castle, located near the village of Holly Tree in the Scottish Borders, was built in the 17th century by the Ker family, later known as the Earls of Roxburghe. It is important as one of the largest and most complete Scottish castles, renowned for its architectural grandeur and historical associations with the region's noble families.

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