What is recorded here

Airthrey Castle stands beside Airthrey Loch in Stirling, carrying an antler axe and unassigned animal remains beneath its later grandeur. Robert Adam designed the elegant building for Robert Haldane in 1791, while the Graham family enlarged the estate before wartime hospitals, a maternity hospital and the University of Stirling claimed it in turn. The loch may still hold the breath of those older hands, making the castle a room where several ages of human life overlap.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Airthrey Castle as Animal Remains (period Unassigned), Axe (antler)(mesolithic). 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.

Airthrey Castle is a historic site in Scotland, primarily noted for its Mesolithic artefacts including an antler axe, indicating human activity in the region around 8000–2500 BCE. The site is important for understanding early prehistoric settlement and tool use in central Scotland.

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