What is recorded here

Stirling Castle Esplanade holds a 19th-century boundary stone, a small marker in a city that has spent centuries drawing lines around power. The stone does not claim glory, yet it still divides ownership and memory. People may have walked past it without knowing it marked a limit, while others measured the castle’s reach by that same point.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Stirling Castle Esplanade as Boundary Stone (19th 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.

Stirling Castle Esplanade is associated with the expansion and fortification of Stirling Castle during the 19th century, particularly under the oversight of the British military. It is important as part of the historical military landscape of a site that has played a key role in Scottish history due to its strategic position.

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