What is recorded here

Farnell Castle is a late 16th-century tower house in Angus that replaced a 1296 bishop’s palace, where Edward I of England is said to have stayed one night during his invasion of Scotland. Its rubble walls, crow-stepped gables, carved shields and circular stair tower still mark the boundary between church, crown and noble residence. Even as an alms house in the 19th century, it kept that layered life: a place for prayer, defence, hospitality and the ordinary dealings of power.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Farnell Castle as Sundial (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.

Farnell Castle is a 16th-century tower house located in Sutherland, Scotland, and was likely built by the Clan Mackay, a powerful local family of the time. It is remembered as a historic example of a Highland stronghold and is associated with the region's medieval and early modern history.

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