What is recorded here

Craigmillar Castle Park holds a lade and wall marked only as unassigned in the national record, yet the stones still stand inside Edinburgh. The official point sits within ten metres, precise enough to find but silent about who dug the channel or built the barrier. That gap between exact location and unknown purpose is the real story: a place known only by what it lacks.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Edinburgh, Craigmillar Castle Park as Lade (period Unassigned), Wall (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.

Craigmillar Castle, located in Edinburgh, was built in the late 14th century by the Douglas family, one of the most powerful noble families in medieval Scotland. It is historically significant as a key stronghold associated with the Wars of Scottish Independence and later as a residence linked to Mary, Queen of Scots.

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