What is recorded here
Castle Park in Torries holds flint arrowheads with barbs and points beside unidentified fragments. The sharp tools suggest people hunted or defended near that ground before written history. The exact date and owners have faded, but the cutting edge remains clear in stone.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Torries, 'castle Park' as Barbed and Tanged Arrowhead(s) (flint)(period Unassigned), Unidentified Flint(s) (flint)(period Unassigned). 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.
The historic-place record does not grant public access. Check current conditions and ownership before entering land or a building.
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