What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Bardowie Castle as Tower House (medieval). 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.
Bardowie Castle was a medieval tower house, likely built in the 15th or 16th century by a local landholding family, though specific builders or occupants are not recorded. It is remembered as an example of typical Scottish tower house architecture, reflecting the defensive and social structures of rural Scotland during the late medieval period.
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Photo: Richard Sutcliffe · CC BY-SA 2.0