What is recorded here

North Hermitage Square stands in Newcastleton, Scottish Borders, an unmarked point on the official map yet precise to the nearest metre. The square may hold no monument, but it carries the shape of a town that has watched border roads for centuries. Standing there, you measure distance not in miles but in memory, reading stone and silence instead of brass and date.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Newcastleton, North Hermitage Square, General as General View (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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