What is recorded here

Newcastleton Fundamental Bench Mark is a 20th Century survey point in the Scottish Borders, recorded to the nearest metre. It is a small brass or painted mark set into stone or soil, doing the unglamorous work of holding the whole map steady. Without that tiny anchor, every road, field and house would drift into fiction. The borderlands keep their shape because someone drove a needle into the earth and refused to let go.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Newcastleton Fundamental Bench Mark as Fundamental Bench Mark (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.