What is recorded here

Knock Castle stands as a roofless four-storey tower near Ballater, its thick walls surviving since about 1600 to house a local laird. Three angled pistol holes beneath each window suggest residents expected sudden violence, while a spiral stair still climbs toward a ruined cap house. Tradition claims seven Gordon boys lost their lives in a peat-cutting feud, a tragedy that may have shaped the brutal defenses built into the stone.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Knock Castle as Country House (19th Century). 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.

Knock Castle is a 19th-century country house located in Scotland, though specific builders or owners are not documented in the available records. It is remembered primarily for its historical presence and as a noted site in Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment.

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