What is recorded here

Warlock Gates at Castle Semple in Renfrewshire, Scotland, still stand as a boundary marker though no date or builder is attached to the stones. They may have controlled entry to the castle grounds, marked a clan limit, or tested whether a visitor arrived with peace or greed. The name suggests people once believed the place could exclude more than flesh, as if arrogance or harmful intent bounced back before a single stone moved.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Castle Semple, Warlock Gates as Gate(s) (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.

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