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Dunnideer Castle

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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.
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The tower house is built within an older prehistoric vitrified hillfort dating to c250 BC, excavated by Dr Murray Cook of Rampart Scotland.
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Cook, M. (2010), "New Light on Oblong Forts: excavations at Dunnideer, Aberdeenshire",
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Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
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Ruined tower house in Insch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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Dunnideer

tower house
Insch
Aberdeenshire
Scotland
vitrified
hill fort
scheduled monument
Historic Environment Scotland
"Dunnideer Castle, Site Number NJ62NW 1 (18128)"
Canmore
"Hill of Dunnideer, fort, platform settlement and tower (SM95)"
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Garioch
Aberdeenshire
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Colpy

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