What is recorded here
Hoddom Castle, Walled Garden, West Potting Shed stands in Dumfries and Galloway as a small outbuilding beside a larger estate. It may have stored pots, soil or tools for the walled garden, yet no date or owner is recorded. The castle and garden suggest a household that shaped land and measured pleasure in growth. The west shed remains a humble room for that older, patient work.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Hoddom Castle, Walled Garden, West Potting Shed as Outbuilding (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.
Hoddom Castle was built by the Maxwell family in the 16th century and is remembered for its historical association with the Border Reivers and its well-preserved walled garden.
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