What is recorded here

Castle of Haulkerton stood in Aberdeenshire during the 16th century before men stripped its stones for local dykes. Two fragments still mark the loss: one carries a female head and the date 1556, the other bears LAF 1648. The castle was already ruinous in 1790, but a 1993 excavation found a fragmentary wall cut into clay where the tower likely rose. Its chamber may have held lamps, arguments and fear, yet even that life has gone thin, leaving only a shallow scar and two stones scattered into ordinary farm work.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Castle of Haulkerton as Tower House (16th Century)(possible). 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 Castle of Haulkerton was likely built in the 16th century as a tower house, a common defensive structure in rural Scotland during that period. It is remembered as a possible example of the type of stronghold used by local landowners for protection during times of border conflict and political instability.

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