What is recorded here

Careston Castle stands in Angus as a sixteenth-century tower house built by Sir Henry Lindsay, still wearing chimney-pieces shaped like designs from Jacques Androuet du Cerceau's Second livre. Two wings are gone, one vault has been removed, and much of the ground floor has become storage, yet the remaining rooms keep their scale-and-platt stair, turnpike stair, and private north stair intact. The Adamson family held it for nearly a century and a half before listing it for sale, suggesting the house has spent more time waiting than receiving guests.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Careston Castle as Cultivation Remains (period Unknown), Rectilinear Enclosure (medieval) - (post Medieval)(possible), Unenclosed Settlement (prehistoric)(possible). 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.

Careston Castle is a medieval rectilinear enclosure in Scotland, though specific builders or holders are not recorded. It is remembered primarily for its archaeological value, reflecting medieval land use and settlement patterns in the region.

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