What is recorded here

Muddy water still circles Kellie Castle, a medieval moat marked possible rather than certain. The boundary between property and public imagination becomes blurry when history hedges. Walk past the castle walls and the water remains, doing its old work of separation. Certainty belongs in maps, not memory.

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

Kellie Castle, Moat is associated with the medieval Kellie Castle, which was built in the 16th century by the Leslie family, later Earls of Rothes. The moat is an important feature reflecting the defensive and aristocratic architecture of the period in Scotland.

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