Clackmannan Tower
Motte And Bailey (Medieval)(Possible)
Site Name Clackmannan Tower
Classification Motte And Bailey (Medieval)(Possible)
Canmore ID 48306
Site Number NS99SW 13
NGR NS 906 919
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/48306
- Council Clackmannan
- Parish Clackmannan
- Former Region Central
- Former District Clackmannan
- Former County Clackmannanshire
NS99SW 13 906 919.
From a charter of Malcolm IV (c. 1141 - 1165) giving Dunfermline Abbey "the toft e croft in my town of Clacman" which has the words "apud Clacman" written on it, Gordon deduces that Malcolm IV had a residence at Clackmannan. He adds that it is possible to trace the area on the top of King's Seat Hill (name: NS 9060 9202) which was barricaded and strengthened to act as the royal castle of Clackmannan. The structure was wooden, of motte and bailey type.
Clackmannan Castle is recorded in a charter of c. 1248 x 1264 (G Stell 1972).
T C Gordon 1936; G Stell 1972; Information from Scottish Record office Register House Charters No. 54.
There is nothing visible on the ground. The probable site is now occupied by the present castle (NS99SW 1).
Visited by OS (D W R) 20 May 1974.
