What is recorded here

Corgarff Castle is a plain rubble tower built in 1537 for the Forbeses of Corgarff, later burned by Gordons in 1571 and converted into a Hanoverian garrison after 1746. It stands in Strathdon, Aberdeenshire, where soldiers watched whisky smugglers until 1831. The castle has a sharp edge, not a gentle one: a private house made into a weapon, then a weapon made into a jail, then a jail left open to rain and memory.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Corgarff Castle as Barracks (18th Century), Tower House (16th 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.

Corgarff Castle in Aberdeenshire was built in the 16th century as a tower house and later used as barracks in the 18th century. It is remembered for its strategic location and as an example of early Scottish defensive architecture.

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