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Dunnideer Castle
Ruined tower house in Insch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dunnideer Castle, now ruined, was a tower house located near Insch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It was built c. 1260 partially from the remains of an existing vitrified hill fort 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.[1]
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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.[2]
The prehistoric fort and tower house is a scheduled monument.[3]