What is recorded here

Burgie Castle rose in Moray when Alexander Dunbar died in 1593, leaving his son Robert to finish the tower by 1602. The date still burns above the hall fireplace, beside the Dunbar coat of arms, while gunloops and iron grills watch the abandoned garden. Later owners stripped much of the castle to build Burgie House, but the narrow tower survived, crenellated and proud, holding a staircase that climbed into battlements where men may have stood against rain, darkness, or invasion.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Burgie Castle as Tower House (medieval). 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.

Burgie Castle, a medieval tower house in Aberdeenshire, was built in the 16th century by the Gordon family, a powerful and influential Scottish noble clan. It is remembered for its strategic location and as a symbol of the regional power and architecture of the Gordon earls during the late medieval period.

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