What is recorded here

Hawkshaw Castle is a prehistoric burnt mound beside unassigned enclosures and sheepfolds in the Scottish Borders. It is not a grand castle at all, but a place where people heated stones, dropped them into water and lived with the resulting steam. The real wonder is that ordinary human activity still touches the land, even when no tower or chamber remains visible.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Hawkshaw Castle as Burnt Mound (prehistoric), Enclosure(s) (period Unassigned), Sheepfold(s) (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

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