What is recorded here

Kincardine Castle and its deer park belong to the 12th and 13th centuries in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. A royal deer park suggests grandeur, but the name also hints at restraint: humans drawing a line around nature and calling the line their own. The castle may have stood in pride or decay, yet the park remains a living boundary between ownership and wilderness.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Kincardine Castle, Royal Deer Park as Deer Park (12th Century) - (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, Royal Deer Park, was established in the 12th or 13th century as a royal hunting park, reflecting the importance of deer management and royal privilege in medieval Scotland. It is remembered as part of the broader network of royal hunting grounds that supported the monarchy's authority and leisure.

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