What is recorded here

Crathes Castle stands in Lawn, Aberdeenshire. The official record labels it a 21st-century event rather than a building, creating an unusual gap between the visible structure and its administrative identity. That contradiction leaves the castle suspended between fact and fiction, inviting wonder about what truly happened there.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Crathes Castle, Lawn as No Class (event) (21st 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.

Crathes Castle, Lawn was built by the Burnetts of Leys in the 16th century and is important as a well-preserved example of a Scottish tower house with later Renaissance additions.

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