Cove, South Ailey Road, Craigrownie Castle — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Craigrownie Castle stands on South Ailey Road as a 19th-century villa, recorded in the national heritage register with a precise point but no guarantee of public entry. The name suggests a crown hidden inside ordinary stone, perhaps worn smooth by rain or pride. A villa is smaller than a castle yet loud enough to claim one, the kind of place where ambition builds first and sense arrives later.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Cove, South Ailey Road, Craigrownie Castle as Villa (19th Century). 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.

Craigrownie Castle, located at Cove on South Ailey Road, was built in the 19th century as a villa, likely by a local or regional landowner, though specific builders or holders are not well documented. It is remembered as a historic structure reflecting 19th-century domestic architecture in the Scottish coastal landscape.

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