What is recorded here

Drum Castle stands as one of Scotland's oldest unaltered tower houses, built between 1280 and 1300 on a ridge granted to Clan Irvine by Robert the Bruce in 1323. The stone walls absorbed centuries of conflict, including three sackings during the Covenanting Rebellion, before a Victorian restoration revealed the chamber's enduring strength. Today the National Trust for Scotland tends the grounds, allowing visitors to walk through a landscape where medieval shadow and historic roses still compete for attention.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Drum Castle as Pottery Scatter (post Medieval), Pottery Scatter (medieval), Steps (17th Century), Tower House (medieval), Wall (period Unassigned), Water Channel (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.

Drum Castle, a medieval tower house in Aberdeenshire, was built in the 15th century by the Gordon family, a powerful Scottish noble clan. It is remembered for its distinctive hexagonal keep and as a significant example of Scottish medieval architecture.

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