What is recorded here

Stirling Castle Esplanade is a 19th century boundary stone, not a complete castle or finished public monument. The main chamber and roof are missing, so the edge of the esplanade still marks the limit of what the castle can show. People may imagine the lost rooms, but they should not invent the missing facts.

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 a 19th-century boundary stone associated with the development and fortification efforts around Stirling Castle, a historically significant site in Scottish military history. It is remembered as part of the broader landscape of Stirling, which has been a strategic stronghold due to its control over the River Forth and the Lowland-Highland divide.

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