Dunnideer Castle Ruins

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Dunnideer Castle, now ruined, was a tower house located near Insch, Aberdeenshire. 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 15m by 12.5m with walls 1.9m thick. Evidence suggests that a first-floor hall existed. Evidence shows it had several floors.

The tower house is built within an older prehistoric vitrified hillfort dating to c. 250 BC. The prehistoric fort and tower house is a scheduled monument.

Address
Western Road, Insch, United Kingdom

Established
c. 1260

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