What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Bucholly Castle as Castle (medieval), Field Boundary(s) (period Unassigned), Midden (period Unassigned), Rig and Furrow (medieval) - (post Medieval). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Bucholly Castle was a medieval stronghold, likely built by a local landholding family in the Borders region of Scotland. It is remembered for its strategic position and as part of the landscape of conflict and territorial control in the turbulent medieval Borders.
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Photo: David Bremner · CC BY-SA 2.0