What is recorded here

Castleton of Eassie is a massive rectangular mound in Angus, probably a 12th or 13th century castle, where a farmhouse still stands within its ancient earthworks. Its broad ditch and steep scarps suggest more than a simple homestead, while coins of Edward I and a spearhead hint at the violent lives once led there. The house may have begun as a crannog before becoming a castle, blending water and land in ways that still defy easy explanation.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Castleton of Eassie as Castle (12th Century) - (13th Century)(possible), Moated Site (medieval), Coin(s) (period Unassigned). 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.

Castleton of Eassie is a 12th-century castle located in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and is associated with the de Eassie family, who held the lands of Eassie in the medieval period. It is remembered as an example of early medieval castle architecture in northern Scotland and for its historical connection to local landholding families.

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