What is recorded here

Inverugie Castle was a medieval stronghold belonging to the Young family on a rocky promontory near Elgin. The Mortimer family later built a house at the site before the castle stones were cleared around 1824 for the Clashach Quarries. No traces remain today, but that absence preserves the strange idea that a castle can vanish completely while still shaping the land where it stood.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Inverugie Castle as Castle (medieval). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Inverugie Castle was built in the 13th century by the Keith family, a powerful noble lineage in medieval Scotland. It is remembered as a significant example of a fortified tower house and is associated with historical events during the Wars of Scottish Independence.

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