What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Turriff Castle as Castle (medieval), Motte (medieval)(possible). 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.
Turriff Castle was built in the 13th century by the Keith family, a powerful noble lineage in medieval Scotland. It is remembered as a strategic stronghold in the eastern Highlands and as the seat of the Earls of Kintore.
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Places near here
Turriff, Gaul StreetStorehouse (period Unassigned) · 56 yd
Turriff, Deveron Street, St Congan's Episcopal ChurchBurial Ground (19th Century), Church (19th Century) (1826), Churchyard (19th Century) · 151 yd
Turriff ManseManse (period Unassigned) · 166 yd
TurriffAxehead (stone)(period Unassigned) · 169 yd
Mercat CrossMemorial · 240 yd
Turriff, CemeteryCemetery (19th Century) · 1244 yd
Wood of WraeWood · 1.6 mi
Delgatie CastleCastle (medieval), Tower House (16th Century) · 2.1 mi
Scobach WoodWood · 2.4 mi
Lower WoodtownNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 2.7 mi
Hatton CastleCastle (medieval), Tower House (medieval) · 2.9 mi
LendrumBattle Site (11th Century), Cairnfield (post Medieval) · 3.7 miOther information
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