What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Merchiston Castle as Paving (period Unassigned), Basin (stone)(period Unassigned), Quern (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Merchiston Castle, located in Edinburgh, was built in the late 15th century by the Crichton family, a prominent Scottish noble family. It is remembered as the childhood home of John Clerk of Penicuik, an 18th-century economist and philosopher who is considered one of the forerunners of Adam Smith.
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Photo: Dave Fergusson · CC BY-SA 2.0