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|text='''Dunnottar Castle''' is a romantic ruin of a mediæval fortress upon a rocky headland on the coast of [[Kincardineshire]], about 2 miles south of Stonehaven. The surviving buildings are largely of the 15th and 16th centuries, but the site is believed to have been fortified in the Early Middle Ages. | |text='''Dunnottar Castle''' is a romantic ruin of a mediæval fortress upon a rocky headland on the coast of [[Kincardineshire]], about 2 miles south of Stonehaven. The surviving buildings are largely of the 15th and 16th centuries, but the site is believed to have been fortified in the Early Middle Ages. | ||
The castle stands where [[the Mounth]] reaches the sea, constricting passage north or south of this point. The strategic location of this castle has ensured that Dunnottar has played a prominent role in the history of the north from the Dark Ages to the 18th-century Jacobite risings. When Cromwell invaded in the 17th century, the Honours of Scotland, the Scottish crown jewels, were brought to Dunottar to be hidden}}<noinclude> | The castle stands where [[the Mounth]] reaches the sea, constricting passage north or south of this point. The strategic location of this castle has ensured that Dunnottar has played a prominent role in the history of the north from the Dark Ages to the 18th-century Jacobite risings. When Cromwell invaded in the 17th century, the Honours of Scotland, the Scottish crown jewels, were brought to Dunottar to be hidden.}}<noinclude> | ||
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