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Moredun Hall is a tower-house remains located in Perthshire, Scotland. Tower-houses were fortified residential structures built across lowland Scotland from the 15th century onwards, serving as strongholds for landowning families during a period of local feuding and border conflict. These compact, heavily defended buildings typically rose three to five storeys and combined domestic accommodation with military function, their thick stone walls and restricted entrances providing protection in troubled times.
The site at Moredun Hall sits upon bedrock of the Stratheden Group, a geological formation of Late Devonian age composed of interbedded sandstone and conglomerate. This substantial stone foundation would have provided a stable base for the tower-house structure, with the local sandstone likely serving as a primary building material. The stone's relatively good workability made it suitable for the dressed stonework and rubble construction typical of tower-houses in this region.
Today, Moredun Hall survives as fragmentary remains of its once-robust structure. The monument is protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM9464, recognising its importance as a record of domestic fortification in medieval and early modern Perthshire. These remains continue to illustrate the architectural traditions and social organisation of rural landowning communities in central Scotland.
Moredun Hall, tower-house remains is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM9464. View the official record →
Moredun Hall is a tower-house remains located in Perthshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM9464.
Moredun Hall, tower-house remains 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 SM9464.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Settlement, 130m NNE of Ballendrick House (3 km), Carey, Roman temporary camp and enclosure, Abernethy (4 km), Wellfield, enclosure 220m SSE of (4.2 km).
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Moredun Hall, tower-house remains stands on Stratheden Group, bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.