What is recorded here

Mairi lost her first baby before the castle walls fell, and she walked the mountain road with the child wrapped in a wool blanket. She buried the infant beside the chapel stones and left a silver button on the grave, then returned home empty-handed. Years later her grandson touched the same stones and remembered a small hand holding his finger, though no person stood behind him. The mountain keeps what love refuses to forget.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Rait Castle, Burial-ground as Burial Ground (medieval) - (post Medieval), Chapel (medieval). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 100m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Rait Castle, Burial-ground is associated with the historic Rait Castle, which was held by the Keith family, Earls Marischal of Scotland, from the 14th century onwards. The burial ground is significant as it reflects the religious and social practices of the local aristocracy and their extended families during the medieval and post-medieval periods.

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