Clackmannan Tower is the imposing keep of a 1300s tower house, visited by Robert Burns and built by a descendant of Robert the Bruce, standing on King’s Seat Hill, a site rich with royal connections.
The surviving building, comprising two adjoining towers, is a complicated structure. The earliest part - the lower half of the north tower - was probably built by Sir Robert Bruce of Clackmannan around 1360.
At some time in the 15th century, that building was comprehensively remodelled: doubled in height and a south tower (or jamb) added, thus creating an L-plan. Clackmannan Tower was abandoned as a residence by 1800, and the mansion alone demolished by 1841.
The tower itself has suffered considerably from structural damage caused by underground coal-workings.
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