Aberdeenshire HER - NO88SE0007 - DUNNOTTAR CASTLE

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Period Details

Period	Order	Probability
Iron Age (800 BC - 400 AD)	A	95
Early Medieval (400 - 900 AD)	B	100
Medieval (1100 - 1560 AD)	C	100
Post-Medieval (from 1560 AD)	D	100
Modern (1900 - 2050)	E	100

Period Notes

Parish church on site by 13thC; castle tower erected by end of 13thC as it is mentioned in a Papal Bull dated 13th July 1394; Charles II lodged here in 1650. The Scottish regalia was hidden in 1651; Covenanters imprisoned 1685; castle forfeited in 1716; repairs instigated in 1925.

Aberdeenshire HER - NO88SE0007 - DUNNOTTAR CASTLE

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