What is recorded here

Pitcaple Castle began as a Leslie towerhouse in the late 15th century before becoming a grand Huntly seat, hosting Mary, Montrose and Charles II. Its crowstepped gables, red granite columns and layered rebuilds still mark a house that kept attracting powerful people. The lost moat and outer wall have vanished, but the castle remains a vivid chamber for imagination in Aberdeenshire.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Pitcaple Castle as Country House (17th Century), Tower House (15th 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.

Pitcaple Castle was built by the Keith family in the 15th century and later expanded in the 17th century. It is remembered as a historic seat of a powerful Scottish noble family and as an example of evolving Scottish country house architecture.

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