What is recorded here

Lickleyhead Castle stands in Aberdeenshire as a lairds house built in the late 16th century, where John Forbes and Margaret Skene cut their names into the granite entrance in 1629. The rectangular tower still holds its shape beneath later additions, preserving the broad hall and vaulted basement that served the family before changing hands. It remains in commercial use today, carrying forward a life that began as a private stronghold and became a working home.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Lickleyhead Castle as Lairds 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.

Lickleyhead Castle was built in the 16th century as a laird's house, reflecting the feudal structure of Scottish society at the time. It is important as a surviving example of early domestic architecture in rural Scotland.

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