What is recorded here

Oxenfoord Castle, Dutch Garden and Sundials occupy Midlothian, Scotland, where a castle name, a garden and sundials still belong together. The exact point is known within one metre, yet no date or owner emerges from the facts already given. Perhaps people once walked that garden at noon, reading time on stone while shadow moved across Dutch planting. If so, the sundials did not measure seconds so much as attention itself.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Oxenfoord Castle, Dutch Garden and Sundials as Garden (period Unassigned), Sundial(s) (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.

Oxenfoord Castle was built in the 14th century by the Haliburton family, a prominent Scottish noble family. It is remembered for its historical association with the Wars of Scottish Independence and for its well-preserved garden and sundials, which reflect 17th-century design and horticultural practices.

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