
What is recorded here
Red Castle is a medieval rig and furrow site in Angus, Scotland, where stripped earth still holds the shape of fields long abandoned. The so-called castle may be a memory built on farmland rather than stone, a name given to furrows that outlived the hands which cut them.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Red Castle as Rig and Furrow (medieval) - (post Medieval). 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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Places near here
Red Castle, LunanFindspot (period Unassigned), Shot (lead)(period Unassigned) · 207 yd
Lunan, Red CastleCottage (period Unassigned) · 260 yd
LunanFindspot (21st Century), Bell (early Medieval) · 387 yd
RedcastleFarmhouse (period Unassigned), Farmstead (period Unassigned), Horse Engine House (19th Century) - (20th Century) · 556 yd
War MemorialMemorial · 826 yd
Arbikie DistilleryHeritage attraction · 1.3 mi
Drumbertnot WoodWood · 1.4 mi
Inverkeilor, KirktonNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 1.5 mi
Mains of EthieNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 1.7 mi
Dunninald DenWood · 2.0 mi
Black Jack CastleCastle (medieval) · 2.2 mi
Prail CastlePromontory Fort (iron Age) · 2.8 miOther information
Photo: James Denham · CC BY-SA 2.0