What is recorded here

Marian dreamed the gate piers were living hounds. They stood at Brechin Castle like sentinels, watching the road and waiting for the person who had broken the castle oath. She ran her hands over their stone and felt heat beneath the surface. The piers had not guarded a building; they had guarded the promise the town had forgotten.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Brechin, Brechin Castle, Gate Piers as Gate Pier(s) (17th Century) - (19th 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.

Brechin Castle was originally built in the 13th century by the Bishop of Brechin, a significant religious and feudal figure in medieval Scotland. The castle and its gate piers are remembered for their historical association with the bishops and their role in the region's ecclesiastical and military history.

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