What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Dundee Castle as Castle (medieval). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Dundee Castle was built in the late 12th or early 13th century, likely by the monks of the nearby Benedictine Priory of St Mary. It is remembered as a key defensive structure in the history of Dundee and as an example of early medieval military architecture in Scotland.
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Places near here
Tower with steepleCastle, fort or tower · 33 yd
Stump of stoneStanding or carved stone · 35 yd_Cathedral,_Dundee_-_geograph.org.uk_-_7999605.jpg?width=1280)
Dundee, Castlehill, St Paul's Episcopal CathedralCathedral (period Unassigned), War Memorial(s) (20th Century) · 35 yd
Site of Dundee CastleCastle, fort or tower · 45 yd_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4544399.jpg?width=1280)
Admiral Adam Duncan StatueMemorial · 62 yd
Dundee, City Square, Caird HallHall (20th Century) · 87 yd
Dundee, Exchange StreetCellar(s) (post Medieval) · 93 yd
Gate to the cemeteryChurch, cross or graveyard · 195 yd
Dundee, South Crichton StreetNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 205 yd
Statue by the museumHeritage place · 221 yd
Queen by the MuseumHeritage place · 259 yd
Dundee, MeadowsideVessel (pottery)(post Medieval) · 348 ydOther information
Photo: Douglas Nelson · CC BY-SA 2.0