What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Cairneyflappet Castle as Castle (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.
Cairneyflappet Castle was a medieval stronghold, likely built by a local noble family in the 14th or 15th century. It is remembered as an example of Scotland's rich network of small castles that played a role in regional defense and land control during the medieval period.
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