Tour Scotland Autumn travel video of Clunie Castle hidden behind trees on an artificial island in Clunie Loch on ancestry, genealogy, history visit to Perthshire. Clunie Castle was an L-plan tower house built by George Brown, Bishop of Dunkeld between 1485 and 1514 predominantly to serve as a hunting lodge but perhaps also to secure the area against robbers that apparently had become established in the region. Rather than re-use the earlier site on the Hill of Clunie, the new tower was sited upon an artificial island within Loch of Clunie. The new structure was built from stone quarried from the former fortification and consisted of a three storey (plus attic) rectangular tower with an adjoined stair wing. The ground floor comprised of storerooms and a kitchen, the first floor was the Great Hall whilst the upper level and attic were used as accommodation. In 1507 money was provided for construction of St Catherine's Chapel adjacent to the tower. During the 1560s vast tracts of ecclesiastical property passed into secular control as the Scottish Reformation swept through the country. In anticipation Robert Crichton, Bishop of Dunkeld granted the property to his kinsman, Robert Crichton, Lord Advocate of Scotland. Clunie Castle was upgraded again in the eighteenth century to enhance its comfort. Larger windows were fitted to the main block and the internal arrangements were reconfigured. A new kitchen range was built adjoined to the tower on the north side which was presumably built over St Catherine's Chapel. Clunie Castle was gutted by fire in the twentieth century and thereafter became a roofless ruin. It was never rebuilt. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.
The ancestors of the first family to use the name Crichton were thought to have lived among the Boernician tribe of ancient Scotland. They lived near a border. This surname came from the Gaelic word crioch and the Old English word tune, which mean border and farm or settlement, respectively. Thus, the surname indicates that the original bearer lived near a border. The name may also have derived from a place name, such as Crichton, near Edinburgh, or the territories of Kreiton in Lothian. The surname Crichton was first found in Midlothian, where they held a family seat from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D. The first on record was Turstan Crectune, who was granted lands by King David of Scotland in 1128. Alexander and Thomas Creighton both having territories in Berwickshire rendered homage to King Edward I of England on his brief conquest of Scotland, in 1296.
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