What is recorded here

Kincardine Castle is a 13th-century curtain-wall ruin in Aberdeenshire where kings held court and Strachans lived until demolition in 1646. Its south buildings may have served as a guard room beside the entrance, while a scarp to the east and south hints at an older defensive edge now hidden by trees. Pig bone from beneath rubble dates to 1022-1039 AD, suggesting the site attracted life before the standing walls were built.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Kincardine Castle as Castle (13th 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.

Kincardine Castle was built in the 13th century and is associated with the region of Kincardineshire in Scotland. It is remembered as a historic medieval stronghold, reflecting the strategic and feudal significance of castles in Scottish history.

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