What is recorded here
Kemnay, 'old Castle' stands in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, a house whose age remains unassigned but whose name still carries the shadow of a fortress. The exact location hovers within a kilometre, a small margin that lets imagination fill the gap with stone walls and hidden rooms. Whether it was a home, a stronghold, or both, the place resists easy definition. That uncertainty is not a flaw; it is an invitation to wonder what hands shaped it and what stories its walls still hold.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Kemnay, 'old Castle' as House (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1km. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
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Places near here
Kemnay House, West LodgeGate Lodge (19th Century) (1826) · 484 yd
MiltonFarmhouse (period Unassigned) · 540 yd
Kemnay HouseCountry House (17th Century), Tower House (medieval) · 567 yd
James Mitchell MemorialMemorial · 904 yd
Kemnay War MemorialMemorial · 942 yd
Lauchintilly MossForest · 1670 yd
Place of OriginViewpoint · 1.1 mi
Fetternear HousePit(s) (period Unassigned), Flake(s) (flint)(period Unassigned), Unidentified Pottery (prehistoric) · 1.4 mi
Fetternear House and Bishop's PalaceDitch (period Unassigned), Moat (medieval), Palace (medieval), Palace (post Medieval), Tower House (16th Century), Wall(s) (period Unassigned) · 1.4 mi
FetternearRig and Furrow (medieval) - (post Medieval), Sand and Gravel Workings (period Unassigned) · 1.5 mi
Castle Fraser, Walled GardenWalled Garden (18th Century) · 1.5 mi
Miss Bristow's WoodWood · 1.9 mi