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Rothiemay Castle, Mains of Rothiemay

Farmstead (period Unassigned)
Rothiemay Castle, Mains of Rothiemay
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Rothiemay Castle, Mains of Rothiemay is a Post Medieval farmstead in Moray, Scotland, where ordinary life sustained the estate long before grandeur entered the story. It may have smelled of wood smoke, wet wool and bread, with hands busy from dawn until dark. The castle name came later, but the mains lived first, shaping the land and remembering the people who worked it.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Rothiemay Castle, Mains of Rothiemay as Farmstead (period Unassigned). 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.
Rothiemay Castle was built by the Gordon family in the 16th century and later held by the Keith family. It is remembered as a historic seat associated with Scottish nobility and as part of the region's architectural and social heritage.

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Photo: Anne Burgess · CC BY-SA 2.0