Dunnideer Castle
Dunnideer Castle is a ruined tower house in Insch, Aberdeenshire. It is protected as a part of a Scheduled Monument. Add Huntly Castle, 15 km away, to a visit; it leads 16 places within 15 km.
Castle near Insch
Just outside Insch
Dunnideer Castle is 1.2 km west of Insch. Towns near it ↓
Part of a Scheduled Monument
On the official list of protected heritage; Insch has 5 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
The weather, month by month
The warm months in Insch are July and August, with 18–19°C highs.
Dunnideer Castle
Its story is told in 8 languages on Wikipedia.
- Type
- Castle
- Listed
- Part of a Scheduled Monument
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 8 languages
- Town
- 1.2 km west of Insch
The way to Dunnideer Castle
The numbers show what else is near Dunnideer Castle, in the order listed below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · NRS locality 2022
Towns close to Dunnideer Castle
By population, Huntly leads the 5 with 4,628. Each of these towns lists it on its own page of things to do.
Close to Dunnideer Castle
Our list has 16 more within 15 km, among them 6 castles, a fort and a museum.
Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandHuntly Castle15 km away2
CastleLeslie Castle3.5 km away3CastleCastle · National Trust for ScotlandLeith Hall7.3 km away4
CastleLickleyhead Castle4.7 km away5FortFortTap o' Noth hill fort13 km away6
CastleCastle Forbes9.1 km away7
CastleCastle of Balquhain13 km away8
MuseumGrampian Transport Museum13 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Your questions on Dunnideer Castle
Where is Dunnideer Castle?
Dunnideer Castle is 1.2 km west of Insch, Aberdeenshire.
What is Dunnideer Castle?
Ruined tower house in Insch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK.
When is the best time to visit Dunnideer Castle?
July and August are the warmest months in Insch, with afternoon highs of 18–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is Dunnideer Castle a listed building?
Yes: part of a Scheduled Monument.
What else is there to see near Dunnideer Castle?
Within 15 km: Huntly Castle (15 km), Leslie Castle (3.5 km), Leith Hall (7.3 km) and Lickleyhead Castle (4.7 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the NRS 2022 locality (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (7)
- Dunnideer Castle: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Huntly Castle: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Leslie Castle: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lickleyhead Castle: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Castle Forbes: Gilbert Scott, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Castle of Balquhain: Greg Stringham, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Grampian Transport Museum: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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