What is recorded here

Freswick Castle, Mausoleum is a medieval chapel later turned into an 18th Century mausoleum in Highland, Scotland. It may have begun as a place for prayer and ended as a place for death, which is not as far apart as it sounds. Both require silence, patience and the admission that human life is short enough to stop wasting on pride.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Freswick Castle, Mausoleum as Chapel (medieval), Mausoleum (18th 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.

Freswick Castle, Mausoleum was built as a mausoleum in the 18th century, likely by a local landed family, and is remembered for its historical and architectural significance as a later addition to a medieval chapel site.

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