What is recorded here

A late 18th Century house in Banff, 5 Old Castlegate, stands as a recorded fact in Aberdeenshire. It may have hosted merchants, fishermen or families whose names vanished while the walls remained. The address still belongs to the town, but the chamber waits for someone to remember what it held.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Banff, 5 Old Castlegate as House (late 18th 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.

The historic-place record does not grant public access. Check current conditions and ownership before entering land or a building.