Dunnideer Castle

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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[1] Historic Environment Scotland. "Dunnideer Castle, Site Number NJ62NW 1 (18128)". Canmore. Retrieved 19 August 2009.

[2] 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

[3] Historic Environment Scotland. "Hill of Dunnideer, fort, platform settlement and tower (SM95)". Retrieved 8 March 2019.

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