What is recorded here

Finavon Castle is a ruined tower house beside the River South Esk in Angus, where the Crawford family lived from 1375 until extravagance forced its sale in 1625. The visible five-storey tower dates from about 1600, but it was built onto the corner of a much older medieval structure, layering centuries into one jagged silhouette. Ladies may have spun tapestry in hidden bowers while men hunted the glen, filling the stones with music, fever and ordinary life before ruin swallowed them.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Finavon Castle as Country House (19th 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.

Finavon Castle was built in the 19th century as a country house, likely by a local landed family, though specific builders or owners are not recorded. It is remembered for its historical presence in the landscape and as an example of 19th-century Scottish country house architecture.

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