What is recorded here

Hawthornden Castle, Lodge stands in Midlothian, Scotland, recorded as a gate lodge though no period is assigned. The exact point is known to the nearest metre, yet the purpose and history of its gates remain unrecorded. It may have marked the entrance to a grand estate or simply controlled access along a country road. The lodge still watches the land, keeping a quiet boundary between the known and the forgotten.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Hawthornden Castle, Lodge as Gate Lodge (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.

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