
What is recorded here
Castlelaw is a twentieth-century boundary marker on the Castlelaw and Dreghorn Training Area in Midlothian. It marks the edge of a live military landscape where ancient forts, firing ranges and defended land still overlap. The marker is small, but it draws a line across a place where history and danger share the same ground.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Castlelaw as Boundary Marker (20th 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 historic-place record does not grant public access. Check current conditions and ownership before entering land or a building.
Places near here
Castle LawRig and Furrow (medieval) - (post Medieval) · 41 yd
Castlelaw FortViewpoint · 75 yd
Castle KnowePalisaded Enclosure (prehistoric), Rig and Furrow (medieval) - (post Medieval) · 139 yd
WoodhouseleeWater Tank (modern) · 760 yd
Fraser Tytler MemorialMemorial · 785 yd
Glencorse Reservoir, Glen CottageCottage (19th Century) · 846 yd
C.T.R. WilsonMemorial · 976 yd
Allermuir Hill and the KirkburnMountain or hill · 1666 yd
Mauricewood Road, PenicuikNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 1.3 mi
Bell's HillMountain / peak · 1.5 mi
Green CraigMountain / peak · 1.8 miOther information
Photo: Richard Webb · CC BY-SA 2.0