What is recorded here

Castlebank still holds a post Medieval cottage above Sanquhar, small enough to hide inside its own roof. The town remembers rank and flight, but this address remembers bread, embers and the weight of a door closed against rain. A woman may have stood at that window when troops passed, holding her breath until boots faded into valley mist.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Sanquhar, Castlebank as Cottage (post Medieval). 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.

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