What is recorded here

Mains Castle is a 16th-century castle in Dundee, built in 1562 by Sir David Graham for the Grahams of Fintry. It has a six-floor square tower, courtyard buildings, and a gateway marked with the initials of David Graham and Dame Margaret Ogilvy. The Grahams kept it until the 19th century, then James Key Caird gave it to the town in 1913, and it became part of Caird Park in 1923.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Mains Castle as Earthwork (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Mains Castle is a medieval earthwork castle located in Scotland, likely built during the 13th or 14th century by a local landholding family. It is remembered as an example of early defensive architecture in the region, though specific builders or historical events associated with it remain unrecorded.

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