What is recorded here

West Mains Cottages still crouch below Castle Fraser in Aberdeenshire, their exact age hidden but their purpose plain. They likely served the castle as working rooms for keepers, cooks or tenants, bringing heat and life to the stone shadow above.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Castle Fraser, West Mains Cottages as Cottage(s) (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.

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