What is recorded here

Marianne said the esplanade was a boundary stone because it marked the edge of human knowledge. Beyond that line, memory either invents or disappears. The chamber waited for someone brave enough to stop pretending the wall was solid.

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 key land routes in central Scotland.

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