What is recorded here

Delgatie Castle stands in Aberdeenshire as a four-storey tower house built around 1570, its walls marked by 145 chisels from 62 different masons. The hall became a ballroom in 1830, yet the building still holds a dungeon, a circular stair and painted ceilings from the late sixteenth century. During the Second World War, soldiers trained on its grounds, and the castle has been gradually restored since the 1950s. It remains in use, not as a ruined shadow but as a living house that has absorbed every age passed through it.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Delgatie Castle as Castle (medieval), Tower House (16th 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.

Delgatie Castle was built by the Keith family in the 16th century and is remembered as a historic tower house associated with the Earls of Kintore. It stands as an important example of Scottish Renaissance architecture.

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