What is recorded here

Auchanachie Castle is a small Laird's house in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, built in the late 16th Century. Its tower bears the date 1594 over the doorway, and the inscription reads FROM OVR EMEMIES DEFENDE VSOCHRIST 1594. The ground floor and hall are vaulted, and the vaulted basement has three stone bosses carved with the arms of Gordon, Fraser and Campbell. A dovecot, farmsteading and millpond remain nearby, while the 18th Century extension on the North side has been renovated.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Auchanachie Castle as Lairds House (late 16th Century) (1594). 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.

Auchanachie Castle was built as a laird's house in the late 16th century, specifically dated to 1594. It is remembered as a historic residence reflecting the domestic architecture and social structure of lowland Scotland during the late medieval period.

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