What is recorded here

No castle room, no noble bed, only a bothy beside Ballindalloch Castle where someone could stay when the main house was full, cold or closed. It belongs to the nineteenth century in Moray, small enough to fit inside a castle’s shadow yet important because it records the people the grand rooms forgot. Perchance a keeper, groom or stranded traveller slept there, listening for water on stone and castle doors banging in the valley wind.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Ballindalloch Castle, Bothy as Bothy (19th Century). 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.

Ballindalloch Castle, Bothy is a 19th-century structure associated with the larger Ballindalloch Castle estate in Moray, Scotland, which was historically held by the Mackenzie family. The bothy is remembered as part of the estate's agricultural and domestic infrastructure, reflecting the management and lifestyle of a Highland estate during the 19th century.

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