Dunnideer Castle
Ruined tower house in Insch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Dunnideer Castle, now ruined, was a tower house located near Insch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It was built c. 1260 partially from the remains of an existing vitrified hill fort in the same location. It consisted of a single rectangular tower of 15 m by 12.5 m with walls 1.9 m thick. Evidence suggests that a first-floor hall existed and that it had several floors.[1]
The tower house is built within an older prehistoric vitrified hillfort dating to c250 BC, excavated by Dr Murray Cook of Rampart Scotland.[2]
The prehistoric fort and tower house is a scheduled monument.[3]
References
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Dunnideer Castle, Site Number NJ62NW 1 (18128)". Canmore. Retrieved 19 August 2009.
- ^ Cook, M. (2010), "New Light on Oblong Forts: excavations at Dunnideer, Aberdeenshire", Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, vol. 140, pp. 79–82
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Hill of Dunnideer, fort, platform settlement and tower (SM95)". Retrieved 8 March 2019.
57°20′32″N 2°38′46″W / 57.34222°N 2.64611°W / 57.34222; -2.64611
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Settlements and places of interest in Garioch, Aberdeenshire
- Blackburn
- Insch
- Inverurie
- Kemnay
- Kintore
- Newmachar
- Westhill
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