What is recorded here

Ravenscraig Castle is a ruined tower-house on a rocky crag above the River Ugie, where the Cheyne family once lived before the Keiths took the seat. Thick early walls and a vaulted ground floor still stand beneath the broken chimneys where ravens may have nested after the castle fell into ruin. King James VI is recorded visiting the Craig of Inverugie in 1589 for a wedding, while much of the dressed stone has since been carried away. The name Ravenscraig may have come from those birds, turning a lost household into a marker for the sky itself.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Ravenscraig Castle as Flint Scatter (prehistoric), Barbed and Tanged Arrowhead(s) (flint)(period Unassigned). 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.

Ravenscraig Castle is primarily remembered as a prehistoric flint scatter site, with archaeological finds including barbed and tanged arrowheads, indicating human activity in the area during the Neolithic or early Bronze Age. Its significance lies in contributing to the understanding of early settlement and tool use in Scotland.

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