What is recorded here

Slains Castle stands in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, a 19th-century schooner-shaped structure built for a man who wanted a ship he could sail into the hills. Its angular rooms and narrow windows still catch the North Sea wind, making the castle feel like a vessel marooned on land rather than a house planted in stone.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Britannia: Slains Castle, North Sea as Schooner (19th Century). 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.

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