What is recorded here
Dunrobin Castle, Kitchen Garden stands beside the castle in Highland, Scotland. Its three-metre stone wall and ornate gateway still hold their shape against the coastal air. The garden may have fed the castle household, but no surviving account names the hands that planted it or the dishes they cooked.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Dunrobin Castle, Kitchen Garden as Kitchen Garden (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.
Dunrobin Castle, Kitchen Garden is part of the estate of Dunrobin Castle, the historic seat of the Earls and Dukes of Sutherland, built in the 14th century and significantly expanded in the 19th century. The kitchen garden is important as an example of a traditional estate garden associated with a major Scottish noble family.
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