What is recorded here

Mortar crumbled into powder, and powder became manure for surrounding fields. The castle gave up its bones to feed ordinary soil, deleting itself from the landscape one chisel strike at a time. What pride or warning it once stood for disappeared with the limestone, leaving only a small tower and the memory that even strong places can be erased for practical use.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Daviot Castle as Castle (medieval), Motte (medieval)(possible), Polished Axehead (stone)(period Unassigned). 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.

Daviot Castle is a medieval castle located in Scotland, though specific builders or holders are not clearly recorded. It is remembered for its historical and archaeological significance, including the presence of a possible motte and a polished stone axehead.

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