What is recorded here

Spynie Palace is a ruined sandstone keep where Bishops of Moray lived from the 12th century until 1689. Its early wooden buildings stood beside a wide ditch, later replaced by stone rooms, coloured glass and a chapel. The palace survived two sieges before fading into ruin, while Elgin took the bishopric in 1224.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Spynie Palace as Socketed Axehead (bronze)(period Unassigned). 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.

Spynie Palace was a medieval royal residence associated with the bishops of Ross, located in the Scottish Highlands, and was significant as a religious and administrative center from the 12th to the 16th century. It is remembered for its historical role in the region's ecclesiastical and political life.

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