Spynie Palace — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Spyne Palace is a ruined keep with a curtain wall in Moray, Scotland, built for the Bishops of Moray from the late 12th century until 1689. Its first castle was wood inside a ditch, later replaced by sandstone rooms, a chapel with coloured glass, kitchens and halls for a church that moved its main seat to Elgin but kept this fortified home. The palace was besieged in 1640 and 1645, then fell into ruin, leaving behind a place where religious power, local pride and violent change still meet in bare walls.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Spynie Palace as Flanged Axehead (bronze)(bronze Age), Flat Axehead (bronze)(bronze Age). 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 significant medieval stronghold held by the bishops of Ross during the 13th to 16th centuries. It is remembered as one of the principal seats of the powerful Bishop of Ross and for its strategic importance in northern Scotland.

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