What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Sinniness Castle as Castle (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.
Sinniness Castle was a medieval stronghold, likely built in the 13th or 14th century, and is remembered as part of the historic landscape of the Scottish Borders, reflecting the region's turbulent history of border conflicts.
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Photo: Jeff Wells · CC BY-SA 2.0