What is recorded here

Dunnideer is probably Scotland's earliest authenticated tower house, built around 1260 inside a much older vitrified hillfort. Its broken lancet window still pierces the west gable, overlooking the same land where people may have fired stone into glass before casting a shadow across it.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Dunnideer as Castle (medieval), Fort (prehistoric), Tower House (medieval), Unidentified Pottery (medieval). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Dunnideer Castle, a medieval tower house in Scotland, was likely built in the 16th century by the Keith family, a prominent noble lineage. It is remembered for its strategic position and as an example of Scottish defensive architecture during the late medieval period.

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