Darnaway Castle, Dounduff Lodge — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Dounduff Lodge stood as the gate lodge to Darnaway Castle in 1873, a small stone sentinel marking the boundary between the estate and the surrounding Moray landscape. It may have guided visitors past its walls or simply watched the road empty, performing the quiet duty of thresholds everywhere.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Darnaway Castle, Dounduff Lodge as Gate Lodge (19th Century) (1873). 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.

Darnaway Castle, Dounduff Lodge is a 19th-century gate lodge associated with the larger Darnaway Castle, which was originally built in the 13th century by the Clan Mackenzie, a prominent Scottish clan in the Highlands. The lodge is remembered as part of the historic estate and reflects the architectural and social structures of the Scottish Highlands during the medieval and later periods.

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