Documents

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The legal document available for download below constitutes the formal designation of the monument under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979. The additional details provided on this page are provided for information purposes only and do not form part of the designation. Historic Environment Scotland accepts no liability for any loss or damages arising from reliance on any inaccuracies within this additional information.

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  Legal Documents

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  SM5508_Legal Doc

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Summary

Description

The monument consists of a small late-medieval castle situated on an island in Loch of Clunie. The castle is a simple L-plan tower house of the 16th-17th centuries situated on an island, which is reputed to be artificial, in Loch of Clunie. It was restored and modified to form a dwelling house in the late 18th century, when larger windows were inserted and a larger kitchen range was added (probably on the site of a chapel dedicated

to St Catherine).

The area to be scheduled comprises the entire island on which the castle stands and an area of the loch bed around it in which material associated with the castle and its use may survive, an area 100m in diameter overall, as marked in red on the attached map.

Statement of National Importance

The monument is of national importance as a building with the potential to enhance considerably our understanding of medieval castellated architecture. It is particularly important because it is related to the large pre-existing motte on the shore of the loch and its associated structures, and because it is the latest element in a sequence of settlement commencing with the prehistoric crannog which also lies in the loch. It is also important because of the distinct likelihood of waterlogged organic remains surviving in pits and ditches dug around the castle, and on the adjacent bed of the loch.

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About Scheduled Monuments

Historic Environment Scotland is responsible for designating sites and places at the national level. These designations are Scheduled monuments, Listed buildings, Inventory of gardens and designed landscapes and Inventory of historic battlefields.

We make recommendations to the Scottish Government about historic marine protected areas, and the Scottish Ministers decide whether to designate.

Scheduling is the process that identifies, designates and provides statutory protection for monuments and archaeological sites of national importance as set out in the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979.

We schedule sites and monuments that are found to be of national importance using the selection guidance published in Designation Policy and Selection Guidance (2019)

Scheduled monument records provide an indication of the national importance of the scheduled monument which has been identified by the description and map. The description and map (see ‘legal documents’ above) showing the scheduled area is the designation of the monument under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979. The statement of national importance and additional information provided are supplementary and provided for general information purposes only. Historic Environment Scotland accepts no liability for any loss or damages arising from reliance on any inaccuracies within the statement of national importance or additional information. These records are not definitive historical or archaeological accounts or a complete description of the monument(s).

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