Scotland · Ruin
Dunnideer Castle
Dunnideer Castle is a medieval ruined tower house near Insch in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, built around 1260 on a prehistoric vitrified hillfort. Only a crumbling rectangular stone shell survives today; the site is a scheduled monument open to the public. Archaeological work has shown the medieval masonry reused stone from the earlier Iron Age fort.
First raised
1260
Its prime
1560
Today
Ruin
As it stood in 1560
The shape it held in its prime.
Rectangular tower-house footprint approximately 15 by 12.5 metres, rising as a rubble-stone shell with walls about 1.9 metres thick; now roofless and missing large sections of wall, leaving an irregular central aperture through an upper wall. The surviving masonry is coarse, darkened by weathering and visibly recycled from earlier vitrified hillfort stone. The structure sits alone on a grassy hilltop with low surrounding earthworks and a smaller detached masonry stump nearby.
Its story
The story of Dunnideer Castle.
Dunnideer Castle, near Insch in Aberdeenshire, was built around 1260 on the summit of a prehistoric vitrified hillfort dating to approximately 250 BC — and its masons reused stone from the Iron Age fort in the medieval walls. The tower measured 15 by 12.5 metres with walls 1.9 metres thick, and likely featured a first-floor hall with multiple storeys above.
Today only a crumbling rectangular shell of the tower house survives. The site is a scheduled monument and is open to the public.
Step inside
6 places to explore in 1560.
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