What is recorded here

Slains Castle, Dovecot stands in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. A dovecot built after 1561 AD, it likely fed the castle kitchen with eggs and meat. The structure still belongs to the estate, not the public imagination.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Slains Castle, Dovecot as Dovecot (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1km. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Slains Castle, Dovecot, is part of the historic Slains Castle estate in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, which was built by the Keith family, later Earls Marischal, in the 16th century. The dovecot, like the castle itself, is remembered for its association with one of Scotland's most haunted and historically significant buildings, linked to the 17th-century tragedy of the Keith family massacre.

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