What is recorded here
Mnemo knows the flat green strip where young bodies throw themselves against gravity. She remembers the smell of cut grass and the sound of laughter carrying across water. The field belongs to no one and everyone at once. It is a place where life moves freely instead of sitting still.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Castletown, Playing Fields as Sports Ground (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
CastletownRopewalk (18th Century), Ropewalk (19th Century) · 109 yd
Castletown, Main Street, Olrig Church and ManseChurch (early 20th Century) (1907), Hall (20th Century), Manse (20th Century) · 136 yd
Olrig Parish War MemorialMemorial · 342 yd
Castlehill Heritage CentreMuseum · 622 yd
CastlehillBroch (iron Age)(possible), Inhumation (viking) · 646 yd
Olrig CemeteryCemetery (period Unassigned) · 1278 yd
GarthEnclosure (period Unassigned) · 1372 yd
Dunnet BeachBeach / strand · 1.4 mi
Thurso CastleCastle (17th Century) · 4.2 mi
Britannia: Thurso Bay, Pentland FirthSchooner (19th Century) · 5.1 mi
Jonge Thomas: Easter Head, Dunnet Head, Pentland FirthCraft (18th Century) · 5.3 mi
Easter HeadHeadland · 5.4 mi