What is recorded here

Castleknowe still stands in Aberdeenshire as a medieval castle, a 16th-century fragment, and a 19th-century farmhouse. The layers suggest a place that kept being reused long after its first bold shape was set. Stone, roof and field may have changed hands and purposes, but the name remains.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Lynturk Castle, Castleknowe as Architectural Fragment (16th Century), Castle (medieval), Farmhouse (19th 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.

Lynturk Castle, Castleknowe was built in the 16th century and is remembered as a medieval castle later repurposed as a farmhouse in the 19th century, reflecting changes in land use and settlement patterns in rural Scotland.

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