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.
The tower house is built within an older prehistoric vitrified hillfort dating to c250 BC, excavated by Dr Murray Cook of Rampart Scotland.
The prehistoric fort and tower house is a scheduled monument.
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.
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