What is recorded here

Newcastleton, 36 South Hermitage Street stands as a cottage in the Scottish Borders, its exact position fixed to the nearest metre though its age remains unknown. The stone walls may have sheltered lovers, arguers, or children learning the shape of storms, while the street name hints at a hermitage long gone. The house still holds that lost time, waiting for someone to remember why it was built.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Newcastleton, 36 South Hermitage Street 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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