What is recorded here

Craigmillar Castle Cottages sit on a road named for the ruined castle above them, though the castle itself has a separate identity and history. The cottages belong to the living city rather than the historic monument, and they remind us that castle names often stretch further than the stones that gave them birth.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Edinburgh, Craigmillar Castle Road, Craigmillar Castle Cottages as No Class (event) (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.

Craigmillar Castle, near Edinburgh, was built in the late 14th century by Archibald the Grim, 4th Earl of Douglas, and later held by the Douglas and Stuart families. It is historically significant as a strategic stronghold and as the site of the 1528 murder of James V of Scotland's mother, Margaret Tudor.

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