What is recorded here

Holyrood Palace South Gateway stands as a layered boundary where sixteenth-century walls, seventeenth-century additions and possible eighteenth-century stables still mark the edge of the royal palace in Edinburgh. The stones may have guided kings, horses, servants and visitors through different ages, while the gateway itself remained a threshold between private ceremony and the city beyond.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Edinburgh, Holyrood Palace, South Gateway as Boundary Wall (16th Century), Stable(s) (18th Century)(possible), Wall(s) (17th Century). 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.

The South Gateway of Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh was built in the 16th century, during the reign of James V, as part of the expansion and fortification of the royal palace. It is important as a historic element of Scotland's principal official residence and a symbol of the country's royal and political heritage.

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