What is recorded here

Stobo Castle is a cremation site and bronze armlet deposit in the Scottish Borders, not a standing stone palace. The land may have witnessed fires, burial and the sudden loss of bright metal, while the living people and their reasons vanished before any written record.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Stobo Castle as Cremation (period Unassigned), Armlet(s) (bronze)(period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 100m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Stobo Castle is a 16th-century tower house located in the Scottish Borders, built by the Stobo family. It is remembered for its historical association with the Border Reivers and its well-preserved architecture.

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