Doune of Invernochty
The Doune of Invernochty (also called Dun or Done of Invernochty; or "Citadel of Mar") is a moth near the villages of Bellabeg and Strathdon and the A944 in Aberdeenshire , Scotland . It was a stronghold of the Mormaer von Moray ( English Mormaer of Mar - German "Dominion of Mar" ).
Expanded from a natural moraine hill to its present form in the 12th century, the giant Norman moth ruled the confluence of the Nochty Water and the Don . The oval moth is more than 18.0 meters high and surrounded by a moat and wall. The remains of a strong wall surround the summit. The foundations of a large rectangular building likely belong to a medieval church. What has survived is a system of locks through which the moat could be flooded with water from a nearby lake.
Before the Anglo-Norman infiltration, the Doune of Invernochty was a Pictish center of power. It is possible that the Duns proved to be magnets for those missionaries who with Kentigern came (518-603) in the region and built churches in important Pictish settlements.
literature
- Anna Ritchie, Graham Ritchie: Scotland. Archeology and Early History. Thames and Hudson, London 1981, ISBN 0-500-02100-7 . ( Ancient places and people ).
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Coordinates: 57 ° 12 ′ 9.9 " N , 3 ° 4 ′ 29.6" W.