
What is recorded here
Games Castle is a post Medieval shieling hut in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, where people may have climbed from crowded life into clean air and thin firelight. The name suggests play, but the hills more often demand respect, hunger and watchfulness. A small company now carries the name in England, perhaps remembering that castles can be games before they become facts.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Games Castle as Shieling Hut (post Medieval). 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.
The historic-place record does not grant public access. Check current conditions and ownership before entering land or a building.
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Photo: Iain Lees · CC BY-SA 2.0