What is recorded here
Castlehill in Edinburgh holds buried coffins, animal remains and coins waiting for identification. The hill has watched the city climb and collapse for centuries, keeping its dead beneath the feet of everyone passing above. What is buried there may have belonged to kings or beggars, but the hill no longer distinguishes between them.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Edinburgh, Castlehill as Burial(s) (period Unassigned), Coffin(s) (period Unassigned), Animal Remains (period Unassigned), Coin(s) (period Unassigned). 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.
Places near here
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