What is recorded here
Castle Forbes, Walled Garden is a walled garden and sundial in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The wall likely blocked wind and marked the boundary between cultivated land and wild country. The sundial measured daylight for garden work and household rhythm. Together they show a place where people watched time, grew food, and shaped nature with patience.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Castle Forbes, Walled Garden as Sundial (period Unassigned), Walled Garden (period Unassigned). 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.
The historic-place record does not grant public access. Check current conditions and ownership before entering land or a building.
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