Field Visit
Date August 1977
Event ID 1140007
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1140007
Clackmannan Tower NS 906 919 NS99SW 1
Tower-house of 14th century date with later additions; faint traces of a
garden terrace are visible to the N. The tower stands on a prominent hill, but is described in 1795 as being surrounded by a moat. Probably site of royal residence of Malcolm IV.
RCAHMS 1978, visited August 1977.
(RCAHMS 1933, pp. 316-19, No. 606; Gordon 1936, 24-51; Simpson and Webster 1972, 185)
