{{Short description|Indentations found in the boundary walls of Scottish buildings}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
thumbnail|17th century charter bole at Provost Wynd, Cupar, Fife, Scotland '''Charter boles''' are indentations found in the boundary walls of Scottish buildings constructed between the 15th and 17th centuries; they were used to denote ownership and responsibility for repair. They are similar to bee boles but smaller.
"in Scotland a single charter bole, one foot square or less, was often built into a wall to indicate its ownership".<ref>Review of Scottish Culture, issues 4-6, [https://books.google.com/books?id=2JYrAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Charter+bole%22 page 115]</ref>
"charter bole: a rectangular recess used to house charter documents defining ownership of adjoining properties."<ref>Understanding Scottish graveyards by Betty Willsher, 2005, [https://books.google.com/books?id=BXHYAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Charter+bole%22 page 83]</ref>
It shows that the "wall belongs to the property on this side of it".<ref>The Archaeology of Beekeeping by Eva Crane - 1983 [https://books.google.com/books?id=SOgBAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Charter+bole%22 Page 159]</ref>
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == * http://www.saint-andrews.info/bee%20boles.html * https://web.archive.org/web/20121209012610/http://www.trp.dundee.ac.uk/research/glossary/bee-bole.html
Category:Architectural elements Category:Renaissance architecture in Scotland