Loch of Clunie


Loch of Clunie is a small freshwater loch west of Blairgowrie, Perth and Kinross, Scotland.

Clunie Castle

The Loch of Clunie has a single island, said to be artificial, with the remains of Clunie Castle. The house was designed as a simple L-plan tower house and built by George Brown, Bishop of Dunkeld, between 1485 and 1514 as a spiritual retreat. A chapel was dedicated to St Catherine in the house in 1507. The island is surrounded by a dry-stone wall and there is a well designed pier at the south-end, constructed in 1512-1513. The house was burnt down and restored at the end of the 18th Century. It is now a ruin as the roof collapsed in 1989.