What is recorded here

Castlelaw is a 19th-century quarry in Midlothian, Scotland, where stone was cut for human use. Men swung hammers in shallow daylight and dragged heavy rock across soil that still remembers the vibration. The quarry closed, but its holes remain open to rain and wind, changing shape without warning. What was taken from the hill is scattered through nearby buildings, invisible except when rain strikes a wall and sounds like a drum.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Castlelaw as Quarry(s) (19th 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.

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