What is recorded here

Old Slains Castle stands in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, its identity recorded as a twentieth-century lugger rather than a building. The name Agnes belongs to the vessel, not the stone, and the North Sea still moves around the place where human hands once shaped wood for water. What is remembered is not a castle chamber but a working craft tied to a coastal life that no longer appears complete.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Agnes: Old Slains Castle, North Sea as Lugger (20th Century). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1km. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

The historic-place record does not grant public access. Check current conditions and ownership before entering land or a building.