Old Clunie Castle is a ruined 13th century castle near Clunie, Perth and Kinross, Scotland.

Old Clunie Castle
Clunie, Perth and Kinross, Scotland
Old Clunie Castle is located in Perth and Kinross
Old Clunie Castle
Old Clunie Castle
Coordinates56°34′47″N 3°26′57″W / 56.579744°N 3.449184°W / 56.579744; -3.449184
Site information
Open to
the public
Unknown
ConditionRuin

History

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Built upon a hillock on the western shores of Loch 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.[1]

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.

References

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  1. ^ Prestwich, Michael (1997). Edward I. New Haven, US: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-07209-0