What is recorded here

Glenfarquar Castle stands in Aberdeenshire as a medieval castle and moat, its exact point known to the nearest metre. The distinction between knowledge and entry matters: clarity about the place does not automatically grant permission to walk it. What is recorded is shape and age, not invitation.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Glenfarquar Castle as Castle (medieval), Moat (medieval). 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.

Glenfarquar Castle was built by the Farquhar family in the 13th or 14th century. It is remembered as a medieval stronghold associated with the historic Clan Farquhar in the Scottish Highlands.

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