What is recorded here

West Mains still stands as a farmhouse and farmstead in Aberdeenshire, its exact position known to the nearest metre. The land may have fed horses, people or both since before any castle rose, while West Mains continued the older work of keeping a household alive.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Castle Fraser, West Mains as Farmhouse (period Unassigned), Farmstead (period Unassigned). 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.

The historic-place record does not grant public access. Check current conditions and ownership before entering land or a building.