Sitting on top of Dunnideer Hill, near Insch in Aberdeenshire, is the ruinous remains of a former important stronghold.  Dunnideer castle is purported to be the earliest recorded town house on mainland Scotland.  The first documented mention of a Castle on Dunnideer Hill was in 1260AD, but when was it built? Dunnideer Hill lies on the outskirts of Insch in Aberdeenshire and the iconic tower … Continue reading Dunnideer | is it a fort, a tower house or a castle | and when was it built?