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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 683587
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/683587
NO14SW 5 Centred on NO 11075 44030
(NO 1107 4403) Castle Hill (NR)
(NO 1108 4399) Castle (NR) (Site of)
OS 6" map, Perthshire (1959)
For Clunie Castle (on Island of Clunie), see NO14SW 4.
A castle said to have been the summer palace of King Kenneth McAlpin in the 9th c stood on Castle Hill. The site would appear to have been a stronghold of some importance as it was occupied by Edward I in 1296, when a castle of the 1st Period (1200-1300) was erected.
D MacGibbon and T Ross 1889
Remains of this building are visible, comprising a mortared stone wall on the S end of the hill and a stone and earthen bank round the top. The slopes are covered with strip lynchets.
Information from O G S Crawford 17 May 1943
A Norman motte and bailey.
Information from M E C Stewart 2 February 1956
