What is recorded here

Parbroath Castle was the medieval seat of Clan Seton in Fife, reduced now to a lone vault standing in a field near Parbroath farm. James IV granted the lands to John Seton and Alexander Seton of Parbroath in 1512 after fifty years under the crown, and David Seton of Parbroath later served as comptroller of the Scottish exchequer for James VI. The name itself may be Pictish, meaning the side or region of the small Brothoc water, a reminder that the castle grew from an older landscape of burns and boundaries rather than from grand design alone.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Parbroath Castle as Castle (medieval). 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.

Parbroath Castle was a medieval stronghold, likely built in the 13th or 14th century, and is associated with the de Parbrough or Parbrough family. It is remembered for its strategic location near the River Clyde and its role in the feudal landscape of pre-Reformation Scotland.

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