What is recorded here

Dunnottar Castle, Graveyard Walls stands in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, a boundary marked only as a wall with no assigned period. The stones may have excluded the living, contained the dead, or simply marked where the castle ended and the unknown began. Whatever they guarded, the wall still draws a line between the known estate and the forgotten dark.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Dunnottar Castle, Graveyard Walls as Wall (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.

Dunnottar Castle, including its graveyard walls, was originally built by the Keith family in the 13th century and later held by the Marquesses of Huntly. It is important as a historic and strategic stronghold on the northeast coast of Scotland, and it played a key role in the Wars of Scottish Independence.

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