What is recorded here
Melville Castle, Sawmill Cottage stands in Midlothian, Scotland, recorded as a cottage with no assigned period. The name suggests a lost connection to a larger estate or a working waterwheel, yet the castle part may be fiction or a forgotten boundary marker. The cottage still belongs to someone, perhaps watching the valley or waiting for a descendant to return with keys and stories.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Melville Castle, Sawmill Cottage as Cottage (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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Places near here
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Lasswade, Polton Road, Lasswade Parish ChurchChurch (19th Century) (1830) · 861 yd
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Lasswade, CemeteryCemetery (20th Century) · 1010 yd
WadingburnEnclosure (period Unassigned)(possible) · 1262 yd
Dalkeith, Cemetery Road, Water TowerWater Tower (18th Century) · 1.3 mi
Ravenscroft StreetNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 1.4 mi
Gilmerton CoveHeritage attraction · 1.4 mi
Drum WoodWood · 1.4 mi
Straiton Pond Local Nature ReserveWood · 1.7 mi