What is recorded here

Cortachy Castle stands as a ruined cottage in Angus, Scotland, marked on the official map with a point accurate to the nearest metre. The precise location invites imagination about the hands that built it and the lives that moved through its rooms, even though no date or owner is recorded. The stone still holds the shape of human choice, waiting for a witness willing to sit with what is absent.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Cortachy Castle, Gertrude Cottage as Cottage (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.

Cortachy Castle, Gertrude Cottage is a small structure associated with the historic Cortachy Castle in Angus, Scotland, though specific builders or occupants are not well documented. It is remembered as part of the estate linked to the influential Leslie family, who held Cortachy Castle from the 16th century onwards.

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