What is recorded here
A castle shadow still lingers at Shethin near Tarves in Aberdeenshire. One farm building has thick walls and rounded corners, yet even that much may belong to memory rather than marble. The real fortress might hide beside the Old House of Shethin, where a homestead moat still marks the ground.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Shethin as Castle (medieval)(possible), Farmhouse (post Medieval). 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.
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Places near here
ShethinRing Ditch (period Unassigned), Man-made underground passage (prehistoric) · 520 yd
Shethin, 'stone Circle'Cairn (period Unassigned) · 567 yd
Milltown of YthsieFarmhouse (period Unassigned), Farmstead (period Unassigned) · 655 yd
CairnhillFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 866 yd
Raxton WoodForest · 1.0 mi
Tarves, CemeteryCemetery (20th Century) · 1.3 mi
Tarves War MemorialMemorial · 1.4 mi
Tolquhon CastleGarden Feature(s) (period Unassigned) · 2.6 mi
Plodhill WoodWood · 2.8 mi
Museum of Farming LifeMuseum · 2.8 mi
Udny CastleCountry House (19th Century), Tower House (medieval) · 3.6 mi
Udny Green SchoolNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 3.9 mi