What is recorded here

Fochabers, Castlehill is a farmstead in Moray, Scotland, recorded without a clear period but marked on the official map to the nearest metre. The exact point suggests an occupied life rather than an empty field, perhaps a family working soil beside a hill that watched them breathe.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Fochabers, Castlehill as Farmstead (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.

Fochabers Castle, located on Castlehill, was built in the 13th century by the Comyn family, a powerful noble lineage in medieval Scotland. It is historically significant as it was the site of the murder of John Comyn, Lord of Badenoch, by Robert the Bruce in 1306, an event that played a key role in the lead-up to the Scottish Wars of Independence.

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