What is recorded here

Benholm Castle stands in Aberdeenshire as a ruined 15th century tower once held by the Keiths and later the Scotts. Polish troops rested in its mansion during World War II before abandonment, while a storm stripped one tower wall in 1992. The castle has suffered, changed owners and served again, but it still keeps its shape on the land.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Benholm Castle as Country House (post Medieval), Tower House (16th Century). 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.

Benholm Castle, a 16th-century tower house in Scotland, was likely built by a local landholding family, though specific builders are not recorded. It is remembered as a historic example of a defensive country residence from the post-Medieval period.

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