Castles · Scottish Highlands
Clunie, Castle Hill
Clunie, Castle Hill in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
About
Clunie, Castle Hill is a place of interest in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Old Clunie Castle is a ruined 13th century castle near Clunie, Perth and Kinross, Scotland.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
Built upon a hillock on the western shores of Loch of Clunie, guarding a trail between the Upper Tay valley and Strathmore. The castle replaced a hunting lodge used by Kenneth MacAlpin, King of the Picts, as a base for hunting in the nearby royal forest of Clunie. King Edward I of England stayed four nights in 1296 at the castle during his invasion of Scotland, before travelling to Inverquiech Castle. After becoming disused, a new L-plan tower house castle for the Bishops of Dunkeld was built in the 16th century on a crannog within the adjacent loch.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 56.5797, -3.4492
- Address
- Clunie, Perth and Kinross, Scotland
- Official site
- canmore.org.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q17834710 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Old Clunie Castle (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Clunie, Castle Hill?
- Clunie, Castle Hill is in Scottish Highlands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 56.5797°, -3.4492°.