Scotland · Still standing
Clackmannan Tower
Clackmannan Tower is a five-storey Scottish tower house standing on the summit of King's Seat Hill in Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire. The stone tower comprises an older lower block with a taller contiguous extension and is a scheduled historic monument preserved on its hilltop site.
Its prime
1450
Today
Still standing
As it stood in 1450
The shape it held in its prime.
A compact, five-storey tower house of warm buff sandstone in two joined rectangular blocks: an earlier lower tower adjoined by a taller, slightly offset extension. Walls are coursed rubble and ashlar with small slit and rectangular windows. The taller tower is finished with a corbelled parapet and machicolation-like corbels beneath the roofline. A ground-level arched entrance sits in the base; a low enclosing stone projection with a later brick-topped parapet abuts the main tower. Sited on a grassy hilltop against open sky.
Its story
The story of Clackmannan Tower.
Clackmannan Tower stands at the summit of King's Seat Hill in Clackmannan, a five-storey tower house believed to have been constructed in the 14th century. It served as a residence of King David II of Scotland, and in 1359 the king sold the tower to his cousin Robert Bruce, 2nd Baron of Clackmannan.
The stone tower comprises an older, lower block with a taller contiguous extension, and commands wide views over the surrounding country from its hilltop. It is preserved as a scheduled historic monument.
Step inside
6 places to explore in 1450.
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Clans who held Clackmannan Tower.
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Sold by David II to his cousin Robert Bruce, 2nd Baron of Clackmannan, in 1359.
