Scheduled MonumentsScotlandCoull Castle

Coull Castle

Scotland
HES SM93
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Scotland
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Overview

History & significance

Coull Castle is a medieval castle site located in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, dating from the medieval period. The castle consists of the remains of a motte-and-bailey fortification, a common defensive structure of Norman and early medieval Scotland. The site represents an important example of early medieval baronial settlement in the northeast of Scotland, reflecting the period of feudal landholding and territorial control. The physical remains, though fragmentary, preserve evidence of the earthwork defences characteristic of castles constructed during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries in this region.

Coull Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM93. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Coull Castle?

Coull Castle is a medieval castle site located in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, dating from the medieval period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM93.

Who is responsible for protecting Coull Castle?

Coull Castle is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM93.

What other scheduled monuments are near Coull Castle?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including North Gellan,settlement and field system 350m N of (1.7 km), Mill of Kincraggie, ring ditch 450m NE of (1.9 km), Blue Cairn, long cairn 750m ESE of Tillyduke (2.7 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Stat Accounts
The parish Statistical Accounts of the 1790s and 1830s, describing life, work and population here.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
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The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Coull Castle

Coull Castle stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Late Silurian To Early Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is felsic-rock.