What is recorded here

No credible evidence exists that Castle Forbes contained a chamber called Bear's Head or that such a chamber contained a chair, a man, a victim, a marker or a fatal event. The available evidence names Bear's Head as a stone place at Castle Forbes in Aberdeenshire. It does not say when the stone was made, what it looked like, who used it or what happened there. A useful account must keep those absent claims out of the story.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Bear's Head, Castle Forbes as Stone (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 100m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

The historic-place record does not grant public access. Check current conditions and ownership before entering land or a building.