What is recorded here
Castleton Bridge occupies a thin line on the Aberdeenshire map, labelled as a possible cist rather than a finished fact. That uncertainty belongs to the place, leaving room for imagination about whether people built it, water shaped it or memory invented it. The name suggests crossing, but the ground may have offered no visible bridge at all.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Castleton Bridge as Cist (period Unassigned)(possible). 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.
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Places near here
Castleton, New BridgeRoad Bridge (period Unassigned) · 41 yd
AuchmillLong Cist (early Medieval), Unidentified Pottery (period Unassigned) · 109 yd
Castleton, Old BridgeBridge (period Unassigned) · 114 yd
Burn of King EdwardWatermill (16th Century) · 124 yd
Wood of WraeWood · 2.2 mi
Eden CastleCastle (medieval) · 2.2 mi
Mains of AuchinbadieNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 2.5 mi
Hill of NewtonMountain / peak · 2.5 mi
Craigston CastleCountry House (18th Century), Tower House (early 17th Century) · 2.6 mi
Cottown WoodForest · 3.1 mi
Hill of ItlawMountain / peak · 3.6 mi
George and Ann Thomson Memorial FountainMemorial · 4.0 miOther information
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