What is recorded here

Kinnaird Castle has sheltered Clan Carnegie for more than six centuries, yet the land beneath holds older ghosts: prehistoric roundhouses, unenclosed settlement, and man-made underground passages. The castle burned in 1452 after the Battle of Brechin, hosted kings and Jacobite exiles, and was remodeled twice before a 1921 fire scarred it again. Whatever lives in those walls has survived loyalty, punishment, redesign and flame; the underground passages suggest the site has always given back more than it revealed.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Kinnaird Castle as Pit(s) (period Unknown), Rig and Furrow (medieval) - (post Medieval), Roundhouse(s) (prehistoric), Man-made underground passage(s) (prehistoric), Unenclosed Settlement (prehistoric). 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.

Kinnaird Castle, located in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, was built by the Keith family in the 16th century and later held by the Gordon family. It is remembered for its distinctive hexagonal tower and its association with the historical and cultural heritage of the northeast of Scotland.

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