What is recorded here

Castleton of Kincardine holds a possible prehistoric roundhouse, an Iron Age underground passage and medieval sunken floored buildings beneath a post-medieval farmstead that vanished from modern maps. The lost steadings, horsemill and pond suggest people lived there long before the buildings disappeared, while the older layers hint that the ground itself may have been shaped and dug long before the farm arrived.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Castleton of Kincardine as Roundhouse (prehistoric)(possible), Man-made underground passage (iron Age)(possible), Sunken Floored Building(s) (medieval). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

The Castleton of Kincardine was likely held by the de Kincardine family in the medieval period and is remembered for its unique sunken-floored buildings and possible prehistoric and Iron Age features, highlighting its long and layered historical significance in Scottish archaeology.

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