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Remains of castle, seat of the Keiths, comprising a 15th century tower and later attached mansion. The original square keep rises 4 storeys, with crenellated parapet borne on simple individual corbels. At the southeast angle the stairway ends in a square gabled caphouse and watch-chamber of somewhat later date. A door in the south front opens into basement vaults. The hall on the first floor has a large fireplace with nearby ornamental aumbry. The castle was built by the Lundie family but it later belonged to the Keith Earl Marischal. The property was purchased in 1659 by the Scotts who built the adjacent mansion in the 19th century. A square ashlar dovecot with stone nesting boxes, lies to the southeast. There is also a ruinous private chapel. During World War II the mansion was used as a hospital for Polish troops but was abandoned after the war and soon became ruinous. One side of the tower collapsed following a storm in the 1990s. The mansion has been restored.
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