What is recorded here
Castlehill in Birnie, Moray, is an unclassified event where modern groundworks removed topsoil and cut trenches but found no archaeological features or artefacts. The absence is not emptiness; it is a reminder that some places keep their secrets beneath the reach of shovels. A new dwelling and woodland now stand where uncertainty remained, while the reputed ancient palace of Birnie waits elsewhere in the same parish.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Castlehill as No Class (event) (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.
The historic-place record does not grant public access. Check current conditions and ownership before entering land or a building.
Places near here
Mannochmore DistilleryDistillery (period Unassigned) · 468 yd.jpg?width=1280)
Glenlossie DistilleryDistillery (19th Century) · 738 yd
RashcrookFarmstead (19th Century), School (20th Century) - (21st Century), Storehouse (20th Century) · 1007 yd.jpg?width=1280)
BirnieCorn Drying Kiln (medieval) · 1157 yd
Wood of LevelForest · 1251 yd
Easterton WoodWood · 1502 yd
Elgin Business ParkNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 2.9 mi
Moray School of ArtMemorial · 2.9 mi
Messines Memorial CottageMemorial · 3.0 mi
Elgin, Lady HillCastle (medieval), Motte (medieval)(possible) · 3.1 mi
High Street, ElginNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 3.1 mi
Elgin CastleCastle · 3.1 miOther information
Photo: Andrew Wood · CC BY-SA 2.0