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Donnottar Castle, Kincardineshire

Dunnottar Castle 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. (Read more)