What is recorded here

Barra Castle, Gatepiers to Forecourt stands in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, though the exact era of its building remains unknown. Two stone piers still mark the entrance to a forecourt, framing a passage that may have led servants, visitors or owners into a household now lost. The precision of its position on the national record contrasts with the absence of a date, leaving the gatepiers as a threshold between fact and imagination.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Barra Castle, Gatepiers to Forecourt as Gate Pier(s) (period Unassigned). 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.

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