List of oldest buildings in Scotland
Abernethy Round Tower , which dates from 1100 AD.[ 1]
This article lists the oldest extant freestanding buildings in Scotland . In order to qualify for the list a structure must:
be a recognisable building (defined as any human-made structure used or intended for supporting or sheltering any use or continuous occupancy );
incorporate features of building work from the claimed date to at least 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) in height and/or be a listed building .
This consciously excludes ruins of limited height, roads and statues. Bridges may be included if they otherwise fulfill the above criteria. Dates for many of the oldest structures have been arrived at by radiocarbon dating and should be considered approximate.
The main chronological list includes buildings that date from no later than 1199 AD. Although the oldest building on the list is the Neolithic farmhouse at Knap of Howar , the earliest period is dominated by chambered cairns , numerous examples of which can be found from the 4th millennium BC through to the early Bronze Age.
Estimates of the number of broch sites throughout the country, which date from the Iron Age , range from just over 100 to over 500.[ 2] However, only a small percentage are sufficiently well preserved for them to be included here and some of those that could be remain undated.
As there are relatively few structures from the latter half of the first millennium AD and a significant number from the 12th century, the latter group is placed in a sub-list. There are larger numbers of extant qualifying structures from 1200 onwards and separate lists for 13th-century castles and religious buildings are provided. As the oldest buildings in many of the council areas in the more urbanised Central Belt date from after the 14th century, a separate list showing oldest buildings by council area is provided.
Dwelling at Skara Brae , part of the Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site
There is also a supplementary list of qualifying structures for which no confirmed date of construction is available and a short listing of substantial prehistoric structures that are not buildings as defined above.
Main list
Neolithic and Bronze Age
Iron Age
Building
Image
Location
Council area
First built
Use
Notes
Dun Ringill
Strathaird , Skye
Highland
1st millennium BC
Semi-broch
Known to have been occupied in the medieval period by Clan Mackinnon . The ground floor living space is only 47 square metres.[ 44] [ 45]
Old Scatness
Sumburgh
Shetland
400–200 BC
Broch and wheelhouse
Like Jarlshof the site was occupied by Iron Age peoples, Picts , and Vikings .[ 46]
Dun Troddan
Glenelg
Highland
4th century BC to 1st century AD
Broch
One of the best-preserved brochs, the dry-stone walls surviving to over 7 m in height in places.[ 47] [ 48]
Dun Telve
Glenelg
Highland
4th century BC to 1st century AD
Broch
The best preserved mainland broch, with walls surviving to 10 m, located only 500 metres from Dun Troddan.[ 47] [ 48]
Jarlshof
Sumburgh
Shetland
200 BC
Various
A complex of preserved wheelhouses , amongst the remains of a variety of much older and more recent buildings.[ 49] [ 50]
Yarrows broch
Wick
Highland
200 BC
Broch
Situated on the edge of a loch, underwater stonework may indicate a docking area.[ 51] [ 52]
Dun Vulan
Bornais
Na h-Eileanan Siar
150 BC
Broch
Originally 10 metres (33 ft) in height, now reduced to walls of 1.52 metres (5.0 ft). A Pictish house was later built within the walls.[ 53] [ 54]
Dun Ardtreck
Minginish , Skye
Highland
115 BC
Semi-broch
Initial occupation appears to have been brief and to have "ended in violence and destruction".[ 55] [ Note 1]
Broch of Mousa
Mousa
Shetland
100 BC
Broch
Amongst the best-preserved prehistoric buildings in Europe.[ 56] [ 57]
Ness of Burgi fort
Sumburgh
Shetland
100 BC
Blockhouse fort
Surviving to only 1.5 m in height, the blockhouse was once 22m long, but has suffered from cliff erosion.[ 58] [ 59]
Midhowe Broch
Rousay
Orkney
1st century BC or older
Settlement
Lies opposite the Broch of Gurness overlooking Eynhallow Sound .[ 60]
Broch of Burrian
North Ronaldsay
Orkney
1st century BC
Broch
May have had three distinct phases of occupation.[ 61] [ 62]
Dun Beag
Bracadale , Skye
Highland
Late 1st millennium BC
Broch
Visited by Boswell and Johnson in the 18th century.[ 63] [ 64]
Mine Howe
Tankerness
Orkney
100BC - 110AD
Souterrain
Once thought to be a broch, it was used for metal working and may have had a religious purpose.[ 65]
Broch of Gurness
Evie
Orkney
60 AD or older
Settlement
Oldest confirmed dates are Roman pottery from 60 AD and radiocarbon dates for the late first century.[ 66] [ 67]
Dun Mor Vaul
Tiree
Argyll and Bute
60 AD
Dun
The original structure dates to c. 445 BC. A fragment of a Roman glass bowl made in the Rhineland between AD 160 and 250 was discovered in the interior.[ 68] [ Note 2]
Broch of West Burrafirth
East of Sandness
Shetland
100 AD or older
Broch
The stone stands eight or nine courses high for much of the circumference.[ 69] [ 70]
Antonine Wall
Central Lowlands
Falkirk , North Lanarkshire , East Dunbartonshire , West Dunbartonshire , and Renfrewshire
142 AD
Defensive Fortification
A defensive Wall built by the Roman Empire to mark the north-west frontier of the empire and to protect Britannia from the Caledonian tribes. The wall was abandoned in 162 AD.
Dun Fiadhairt
Duirinish , Skye
Highland
200 AD or older
Broch
A terracotta model of a bale of wool found at the site may reflect trade between the area and Romanised Britain.[ 71] [ 72]
Edin's Hall Broch
Abbey St Bathans
Scottish Borders
100-140AD
Broch
Broch believed to have been constructed between the two Roman occupations of southern Scotland, on the site of a much earlier fort.[ 73]
Dun Fiadhairt
Duirinish , Skye
Highland
200 AD or older
Broch
A clay model of a bale of wool, believed to be Roman, may reflect trade between the two cultures although a Roman fleet is known to have circumnavigated Scotland in the 1st century AD.[ 71] [ 72]
Broch of Borwick
Yesnaby
Orkney
200 AD?
Broch
On a cliff promontory, the seaward wall is badly eroded.[ 74] [ 75]
Tappoch Broch
Torwood
Falkirk
3rd century AD?
Broch
Dating evidence is sparse, with no finds to link the broch to Roman occupation of nearby Antonine Wall resulting in the suggestion the broch either pre- or post- dates Roman occupation.[ 76] [ 77]
Dun Cuier
Barra
Na h-Eileanan Siar
4th century AD
Galleried dun
A complex and controversial site, with two periods of occupation in the 4th and 7th centuries.[ 78]
Early Historic period
12th century
13th century
Castles
Religious buildings
By council area
The following are amongst the oldest buildings in each council area of Scotland.
Building
Image
Location
Council area
Year Built
Use
Notes
St Machar's Cathedral
Old Aberdeen
Aberdeen City
1440
Church
The nave and its two western towers were built between 1422 and 1440.[ 132] [ Note 3]
Kildrummy Castle
Kildrummy
Aberdeenshire
c. 1250
Castle
Built mid 13th century, possibly by Gilbert de Moravia and fell under siege in 1306 during the Wars of Independence .[ 109] [ 110]
Brechin Cathedral Round Tower
Brechin
Angus
1012
Round Tower
The tower probably predates the cathedral itself.[ 88] [ 89]
Glebe cairn
Kilmartin Glen
Argyll and Bute
1700 BC
Tomb
An early Bronze Age structure with two stone cists.[ 42] [ 43]
Clackmannan Tower
Clackmannan
Clackmannanshire
Late 14th century
Tower house
L-plan tower house extended in the 15th century.[ 135] [ Note 4]
Sweetheart Abbey
New Abbey
Dumfries and Galloway
Founded 1273
Abbey
A Cistercian monastery founded in 1275 by Dervorguilla of Galloway .[ 129]
St Mary's Tower
Nethergate
Dundee City
1495
Church
Also known as "The Old Steeple"[ 139] and described as "the oldest surviving building in Dundee".[ 140]
Mauchline Castle
Mauchline
East Ayrshire
1450
Former grange
Built by Andrew Hunter, abbot of Melrose Abbey .[ 141] [ 142]
Bardowie Castle
Bardowie , between Bearsden , Milngavie , and Torrance
East Dunbartonshire
1566
Castle
16th-century tower with later additions.[ 143]
Dirleton Castle
Dirleton
East Lothian
1240
Castle
The de Vaux towers are the oldest extant structures.[ 107] [ 108]
Mearns Castle
Newton Mearns
East Renfrewshire
Post 1449
Tower house
Restored and now used by a local church.[ 144]
St Margaret's Chapel
Edinburgh Castle
City of Edinburgh
1130
Chapel
[ 95]
Tappoch Broch
Torwood
Falkirk
3rd century
Broch
Likely post dates Roman occupation of nearby Antonine Wall .[ 76] [ 77]
St Rule's Tower
St Andrews
Fife
1123
Priory
Constructed by the Culdees prior to the granting of the church to the Augustinian order.[ 91]
Glasgow Cathedral
Glasgow
Glasgow
mid-12th century
Cathedral
[ 145]
Grey Cairns of Camster
Upper Camster
Highland
3000 BC or older
Tomb
A group of three cairns.[ 17] [ 18]
Newark Castle
Port Glasgow
Inverclyde
1478
Castle
The original castle had a tower house within a barmkin entered through a large gatehouse.[ 146]
Crichton Castle
Crichton
Midlothian
Late 14th century
Tower house
The tower is the oldest section, with later additions.[ 147] [ 148]
Pluscarden Abbey
Elgin
Moray
Founded 1230
Monastery
Originally Valliscaulian , now a Benedictine House.[ 120]
Barpa Langass
North Uist
Na h-Eileanan Siar
3000 BC
Tomb
The best preserved chambered cairn in the Hebrides .[ 23] [ 24]
Kilwinning Abbey
Kilwinning
North Ayrshire
1190
Abbey
An arch has a Norman style capital bearing two carved figures.[ 102]
Dalzell House
Motherwell
North Lanarkshire
Early 16th century
Tower house
Substantial later additions.[ 149]
Knap of Howar
Papa Westray
Orkney
3700 BC
House
Oldest preserved stone house in north west Europe.[ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
Abernethy Round Tower
Abernethy
Perth and Kinross
Late 11th century
Tower
The tower is 22 metres (72 ft) high.[ 1] [ 90]
Paisley Abbey
Paisley
Renfrewshire
Mid 15th century
Abbey
The main structure is a restoration of an earlier building destroyed in 1307, although a late-12th-century and a 13th-century doorway remain.[ 150]
Jedburgh Abbey
Jedburgh
Scottish Borders
Post 1150
Abbey
The choir dates to the second quarter of the 12th century and the church was complete by the middle of the 13th century.[ 99]
Old Scatness
Sumburgh
Shetland
400-200 BC
Broch and wheelhouse
Like Jarlshof the site was occupied by Iron Age peoples, Picts , and Vikings .[ 46]
Crossraguel Abbey
Maybole
South Ayrshire
c. 1265
Abbey
[ 127]
Bothwell Parish Church
Bothwell
South Lanarkshire
Founded 1398
Church
Formerly St Brides Collegiate Church. The oldest visible structure is the choir, which dates from the 14th century.[ 151]
Inchmahome Priory
Inchmahome
Stirling
Founded 1238
Priory
"Much of the 13th-century building remains."[ 123]
Glencairn House
Dumbarton
West Dunbartonshire
1623
Tenement
Built for the Earl of Glencairn, now owned by the Council and described as "oldest building in West Dunbartonshire".[ 152] [ 153]
Torphichen Preceptory
Torphichen
West Lothian
13th century
Church
The only house of the Knights Hospitallers of St John of Jerusalem in Scotland.[ 154] [ 155] [ Note 5]
Other structures
Undated buildings
The following are very old buildings that meet the qualifying criteria but for which no reliable date of construction has emerged.
Other prehistoric constructions
The following are very old human constructions that do not fit the above criteria for a building.
Building
Image
Location
Council area
First built
Use
Notes
Funzie Girt
Fetlar
Shetland
Possibly Neolithic
Wall
The wall ran for over 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) and once divided the island in two. "Its date and precise purpose are unknown, but a considerable degree of antiquity is suggested."[ 175]
Dwarfie Stane
Hoy
Orkney
3rd millennium BC
Tomb
A megalithic chambered tomb carved out of a titanic block of Devonian Old Red Sandstone .[ 176] [ 177]
See also
Notes
^ The excavator, Euan MacKie, identified two successive visits to the site by a Roman fleet during Governor Agricola's campaigns in the AD 80s. The first resulted in presents for the chief but the second in the burning and destruction of the site. The fort guards the entrance of Loch Harport which may be the Roman harbour Portus Trucculensis mentioned by Tacitus.
^ This broch was excavated in 1962-64 by Euan MacKie . It was the first to be radiocarbon-dated, the first to revealed deposits dating from its construction and the first to reveal evidence for deliberate demolition. New C14 dates may shortly be available.
^ Brig o' Balgownie was originally constructed in the 14th century by Richard Cementarius but was "largely rebuilt" in the early 17th century.[ 133] Provost Skene's House in Broad Street dates from 1545 and is probably the oldest house in the city.[ 134]
^ Tullibody Old Bridge , which dates from the early 16th century[ 136] [ 137] has been described as "the oldest structure in Clackmannanshire" by Clackmannanshire Council.[ 138]
^ According to RCAHMS , Abercorn church dates "from the later 11th century and has been much altered" and "the only feature certainly of that date is the blocked S door".[ 156]
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