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Darnaway Castle, Walled Garden, Bothy

Bothy (period Unassigned)

What is recorded here

Darnaway Castle, Walled Garden, Bothy is a Post Medieval bothy in Moray, Scotland, still standing beside the castle and garden. The small shelter may have served gardeners, keepers or travellers, giving them a roof when rain came off the moor. Its stones remain quiet, but they still suggest hands that built, rested and left the place behind.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Darnaway Castle, Walled Garden, Bothy as Bothy (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.
Darnaway Castle, Walled Garden, Bothy is associated with Darnaway Castle, a medieval fortress built in the 13th century by the MacKintosh clan, important as a historical and architectural site in the Scottish Highlands.

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