What is recorded here

Barra Castle, Garden House and Remains of Garden Wall stand in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, preserving a house and garden wall from an unknown period. The exact location is known to the nearest metre, yet the remains still withhold their history. What is clear is that a household lived there, shaped a garden and left behind enough stone for others to wonder about the people who vanished from the place.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Barra Castle, Garden House and Remains of Garden Wall as House (period Unknown), Wall (period Unknown). 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.

Barra Castle is traditionally associated with the MacNeil (MacNeils) of Barra, a prominent clan in the Western Isles of Scotland, and dates to at least the 16th century. It is remembered as a historic seat of the clan and as an example of early Scottish island architecture.

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