What is recorded here

Crathes Castle, East Lodge stands in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, though no exact period or visible feature has emerged to explain its shape. The main castle dominates the valley, but this smaller lodge may have served as a guard post, guest house or boundary marker for people whose names disappeared. Its unassigned status does not reduce it; it refuses to be known through crathes castle, east lodge, aberdeenshire, scotland alone.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Crathes Castle, East Lodge as Lodge (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.

Crathes Castle, East Lodge is part of the Crathes Castle estate, which was built by the Gordon family in the 16th century. The lodge is historically significant as it is associated with one of the most important and well-preserved castles in the Scottish Highlands.

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