What is recorded here
Easter Clune stands in Aberdeenshire as a medieval tower house, its stones still catching the breath of the place. The castle may have watched roads, fields or water, while people moved through its doors with food, fear or love. What is certain is that it is old enough to have witnessed several generations and local enough to have belonged to them.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Easter Clune, Castle of Easter Clune as Tower House (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.
Easter Clune Castle was a medieval tower house, likely built in the late 15th or early 16th century by a local landholding family, possibly the Clunes or a related clan. It is remembered as a typical example of a defended Scottish tower house and is listed in Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment for its historical and architectural significance.
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Wester CluneCairn (period Unassigned) · 1677 yd
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