
What is recorded here
Sparrow Castle stands in Alves, Moray, as a south-facing two-storey house dated 1776, its harled walls and ashlar margins still catching the light. The building wears roll mouldings on its door and window jambs, long and short detailing along its angles, and slate roofs capped with moulded copes. A later single-storey wing sits slightly set back, while a modern flat-roofed porch marks the off-centre entrance. The house has survived enough time to become listed, yet it keeps the quiet confidence of a home rather than a monument.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Sparrow Castle as Cropmark (period Unknown), Pit(s) (period Unassigned)(possible). 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.
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Photo: Anne Burgess · CC BY-SA 2.0