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Craigiever Castle

Barmkin (medieval), Tower (period Unassigned)

What is recorded here

Craigiever Castle stands in Aberdeenshire as a medieval barmkin and later tower, its exact position known to the nearest metre. The land may have worn many hands, perhaps keeping families safe through storms or simply marking a boundary nobody remembers now. Stone does not explain itself, but it still holds the shape of every life that leaned against it.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Craigiever Castle as Barmkin (medieval), Tower (period Unassigned). 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.
Craigiever Castle is a medieval barmkin and tower located in Scotland, though specific builders or holders are not recorded. It is remembered for its historical significance as a defensive structure in the Scottish landscape.

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