What is recorded here

Barra Castle is an excellent example of a fortified Laird's house in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, with a complicated L-plan, circular stair-tower, and an 18th Century wing that helped shape its fore-court. The King family lived here from the mid 13th Century for 300 years, so the early 17th Century date may cover an older nucleus rather than replace it. Its gatepiers, walled garden, terrace, and possible bowling green suggest a place made for both defence and display, where stone work and domestic pride shared the same ground.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Barra Castle as Axehead (stone)(period Unassigned). 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.

Barra Castle is a historic site in Scotland, though specific details on its builders or occupants remain unrecorded. It is remembered as an archaeological feature, classified as a stone axehead, indicating its potential significance in understanding prehistoric activity in the region.

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