Archaeology Notes

Event ID 683787

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NO14SW 4.00 11320 44015.

NO14SW 4.01 NO 11140 43964 Clunie old boathouse

(NO 1132 4402) Clunie Castle (NR) and site of St Catherine's Chapel (NR)

OS 6" map, Perthshire (1959)

For nearby Clunie, Castle Hill, see NO14SW 5.

The site of St Catherine's Chapel (there are no visible remains) is stated to be where the castle kitchen now stands. Human bones have been dug up in several places nearby.

Name Book 1865

Clunie Castle is a simple and well-preserved structure built on the L-plan. It is stated to have been built by Bishop Brown of Dunkeld between 1485 and 1514 as a retreat. The walls may possibly be those erected by Bishop Brown but the outward and inward character of the building is now that of an ordinary L-shaped house of the 4th Period (1542-1700).

The island on which the building is situated is said to be artificial, but bearing a mansion with walls 5' thick this is problematical. The castle was restored about the end of the 18th century.

D MacGibbon and T Ross 1889; N Tranter 1963