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Motte/castle stood on south bank of River Dee upon a conical hill: had bridge or drawbridge: no trace of stone footings: hill flat-topped, artificially steepened on three sides. A ditch 2.6m deep was constructed on southwest shallower side, now partially filled with stones. It was occupied as a residence by Alexander III, and the earliest mention of it occurs in the Chamberlain Rolls of that period, when certain sums of money were paid for the repairs to the vessels and bridge. In 1292 the keepership was in the hands of John Comyn, Earl of Buchan. It was burned by the Marquis of Montrose in 1645.
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Historic Environment Records (HER)