What is recorded here

Castledykes holds Roman mounts and an enamel brooch recovered during twentieth-century digging, yet local memory still points to Robert the Bruce raising his standard near Dumfries Castle on 10th February 1306. The park has been shaped and buried until the castle’s true lines vanished, leaving only a truncated ditched mound beside the River Nith. What is certain is the ground’s layered hunger: it keeps Roman ornament, hides medieval stone and invites people to see heroism where uncertainty already lives.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Castledykes as Findspot (20th Century), Brooch (enamel)(roman), Mount(s) (roman). 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.

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