What is recorded here

Aberdeen, Trinity Street, 'royal Palace' was a medieval friary, hospital and palace, which means prayer, medicine and royal display shared one address before modern cities invented separate buildings for each desire. That is not a mistake of naming. It is a clue about medieval life, where the sacred, the sick and the powerful collided in the same streets.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Aberdeen, Trinity Street, 'royal Palace' as Friary (medieval), Hospital (medieval), Palace (medieval). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

The royal palace on Trinity Street in Aberdeen was likely built in the late 15th century by King James IV of Scotland as a royal residence. It is remembered as an important symbol of royal authority in northern Scotland and as part of the historical development of Aberdeen as a key medieval town.

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