What is recorded here
Brucklay Castle and burial-ground in Aberdeenshire hold a 19th-century obelisk marking William Dingwall Fordyce Mp. The exact point is known to the nearest metre, yet permission to walk there remains unclear. Fordyce may have lived, failed, loved or raged before stone fixed his name beside castle shadows.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Brucklay Castle, Burial-ground, Obelisk to William Dingwall Fordyce Mp as Burial Ground (19th Century), Obelisk (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.
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Places near here
AtherbAxehead(s) (stone)(period Unassigned), Hammer (stone)(period Unassigned), Lithic Implement(s) (flint)(period Unassigned) · 1064 yd
Brucklay Castle, East LodgeGate Lodge (period Unassigned), Gate Pier (period Unassigned) · 1395 yd
Brucklay Castle, West LodgeGate Lodge (late 19th Century), Gate Pier (late 19th Century) · 1408 yd
HoneyneukEnclosure (period Unassigned) · 1520 yd
Fedderate CastleCastle (medieval), Tower House (medieval) · 1648 yd
Maud War MemorialMemorial · 1.5 mi
Den of Old MaudWood · 1.9 mi
NewlandhillNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 2.1 mi
New Deer, Hill of Culsh, CemeteryCemetery (19th Century) · 2.1 mi
Bruxie WoodNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 2.4 mi
Parkhouse HillForest · 3.3 mi
Hill of TurlundieMountain / peak · 4.6 mi