What is recorded here

Auchindoun Castle is a medieval tower house in Moray, Scotland. Its stones still stand where they were set, though no date or owner is recorded. The castle may have watched a valley, stored grain or hidden people from storms and raiders. Whatever it did, it has finished doing it and now waits beside the land that made it.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Auchindoun Castle as Fort (period Unassigned), Tower House (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.

Auchindoun Castle, a medieval tower house in Scotland, was likely built by the Keith family, prominent in the region during the 15th or 16th century. It is remembered for its historical association with the Keiths and as an example of Scottish tower house architecture.

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