What is recorded here
Castlelaw Hill holds an unknown enclosure and hut beside Edinburgh, waiting for human memory to return. The nearby training area still belongs to military use, yet the old earthworks suggest people once lived there before guns occupied the land.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Castlelaw Hill as Enclosure (period Unknown), Hut (period Unknown). 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
Allermuir Hill and the KirkburnMountain or hill · 504 yd
CapelawEnclosure (period Unassigned), Farmstead (period Unassigned), Quarry(s) (period Unassigned), Rig and Furrow (medieval) - (post Medieval) · 659 yd
Capelaw HillCultivation Terrace(s) (period Unknown) · 740 yd
Kirkton CottageCottage (19th Century), Farm Labourers Cottage (19th Century) · 1102 yd
South from Capelaw HillMountain or hill · 1116 yd
Edinburgh, Capelaw HillGeneral View (period Unassigned) · 1212 yd
Fraser Tytler MemorialMemorial · 1652 yd
Bell's HillMountain / peak · 1.0 mi
Green CraigMountain / peak · 1.2 mi
Battle of Rullion GreenMajor battlefield · 1.3 mi
C.T.R. WilsonMemorial · 1.3 mi
T WoodWood · 1.7 miOther information
Photo: Richard Webb · CC BY-SA 2.0