What is recorded here

Keith Inch Castle stands in Peterhead, a medieval ruin marked on the national record with precise coordinates. The stones may be broken or buried now, but the inch still holds the shape of a defensive place. A castle needs people, guards or tenants, and their absence makes the ruin feel like a forgotten room rather than a dead heap.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Peterhead, Keith Inch, Castle as Castle (medieval). 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.

Built by the Keith family in the 13th century, Peterhead, Keith Inch, Castle is remembered as a strategic stronghold in northeast Scotland, reflecting the region's medieval power struggles and the influence of the Keiths as a prominent noble family.

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