What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Crathes Castle, Nursery Gardens as No Class (event) (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.
Crathes Castle was built by the Gordon family in the early 16th century and is remembered for its historical association with the powerful Gordon earls and its well-preserved Renaissance architecture. The castle and its nursery gardens are important as a fine example of a Scottish tower house with significant horticultural heritage.
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Places near here
Crathes Castle, Walled GardenWalled Garden (period Unassigned) · 148 yd
Crathes CastleNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 152 yd
Crathes Castle, DoocotDovecot (period Unassigned) · 274 yd
Warren FieldPit(s) (late Mesolithic) - (early Neolithic), Pit Alignment (prehistoric) · 289 yd
Ley WoodForest · 505 yd
Crathes Castle, Keeper's CottageCottage (period Unassigned) · 527 yd
CandieshillEnclosure (period Unknown) · 1013 yd
BaldarrochNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 1381 yd
Coy WoodForest · 1.4 mi
Tilquhillie CastleTower House (medieval) · 1.9 mi
Falls of FeughWaterfall · 2.4 mi
James Scott Skinner MemorialMemorial · 2.5 mi