The Covenanters were imprisoned in Dunnottar Castle, where many died.

Dunnottar Castle, perched atop a rocky outcrop, was home to the Keith family, and during the Scottish Wars of Independence, the Scottish Crown Jewels were hidden there.

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* Dunnottar Primary School Was founded in 1889. is linked to the notable parish Church and to the historic Dunnottar Castle and is located at the edge of the old town.

At present day the town's primary industries are marine services and tourism, with Dunnottar Castle, a local landmark, bringing in a large number of tourists every year.

Dunnottar Castle is regularly used in promotional material by the Scottish tourism industry ; in addition, it was used in the 1990 movie Hamlet, and appeared as a featured desktop background in the UK edition of Micorosoft Windows 7.

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The former duty was fulfilled by the 7th earl during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, who hid them at Dunnottar Castle.

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This ancient passage specifically connected the Bridge of Dee to Muchalls Castle, Cowie Castle ( and effectively Dunnottar Castle ).

However, the Honours of Scotland were hidden, firstly in Dunnottar Castle, which was later besieged by the New Model Army, and from where the Honours were smuggled out ; secondly under the floor of Kinneff Parish Church, only to be recovered after The Restoration in 1660.

Sir George Ogilvy of Barras ( d. c. 1679 ) defended Dunnottar Castle against Cromwell in 1651 and 1652, and was instrumental in preventing the regalia of Scotland from falling into his hands ; in 1660 he was created a baronet, the title becoming extinct in 1837.

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Dunnottar Castle ( from Scottish Gaelic Dùn Fhoithear, " fort on the shelving slope ") is a ruined medieval fortress located upon a rocky headland on the north-east coast of Scotland, about two miles ( 3 km ) south of Stonehaven.

The Hon Charles Anthony Pearson, the younger son of the Third Viscount Cowdray, currently owns and runs Dunnottar Castle which is part of the larger Dunecht Estates.

Dunecht Estates extends to and comprises seven different Estates – Dunecht Estate, Ramoir and Campfield Estate, Dunnottar Castle, Forest of Birse, Edinglassie Estate, West Durris Estate and Bucharn Estate.

An episode of The US Television show The Amazing Race featured Dunnottar Castle.

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At the close of the 14th century Sir William Keith, by exchange of lands with Lord Lindsay, obtained the crag of Dunnottar in Kincardineshire, where he built the Dunnottar Castle, which became the stronghold of the Clan Keith.

Four – Dunnottar Castle, Carnarvon Castle, Dunvegan Castle and Pretoria Castle – became armed merchant cruisers.

By the close of the 14th century, Dunnottar was firmly under Scottish control, under the Clan Keith, whose chiefs were hereditary Earls Marischal of Scotland.

In 1639 the owner of Dunnottar was William Keith, 7th Earl Marischal, who that year joined the Covenanters, in opposition to the established Episcopal Church and consequently to Charles I himself.

Sir John Keith ( d. 1714 ), brother of the 7th Earl Marischal, was, at the Restoration given the hereditary office of Knight Marischal of Scotland, and in 1677 was created Earl of Kintore, and Lord Keith of Inverurie and Keith-Hall, a reward for his share in preserving the regalia of Scotland, which were secretly conveyed from Dunnottar to another hiding-place, when the castle was besieged by Cromwell's troops, and which Sir John, perilously to himself, swore he had carried abroad and delivered to Charles II, thus preventing further search.

His heir male, on whom, but for the attainder of 1716, his titles would have devolved, was apparently his cousin Alexander Keith of Ravelston, to whom the attainted earl had sold the castle and lands of Dunnottar in 1766.

From Alexander Keith was descended, through the female line, Sir Patrick Keith Murray of Ochtertyre, who sold the estates of Dunnottar and Ravelston.

Owen of Strathclyde was defeated and Symeon states that the army went as far north as Dunnottar and Fortriu, while the fleet is said to have raided Caithness, by which a much larger area, including Sutherland, is probably intended.

Owain of Strathclyde was defeated and Symeon states that the army went as far north as Dunnottar and Fortriu, while the fleet is said to have raided Caithness, by which a much larger area, including Sutherland, is probably intended.

Baron Meston, of Agra in the Indian Empire and Dunnottar in the County of Kincardine, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

Dunnottar played a strategic role in the history of Scotland from the Middle Ages through to the Enlightenment, because of the location: it overlooked the shipping lanes to northern Scotland ; and is situated on a narrow coastal terrace that controlled land access to the coastal south via Portlethen Moss to Aberdeen during the medieval period.

The second access is through a rocky cove, the aperture to a marine cave on the north side of the Dunnottar cliffs.

Dunnottar is also mentioned as a site for a battle between King Donald II and the Danish Vikings in 900 AD.

William Wallace is said to have led the Scots to victory over the English at Dunnottar in 1296.

There was some continued organised Royalist resistance in Scotland, which lasted until the surrender of Dunnottar Castle to Parliament's troops in May 1652, but this resistance is not usually included as part of the English Civil War.

By 1336 the resources of Edward III of England ordered Willam Sinclair, 8th Baron of Roslin to sail eight ships to the partially ruined Dunnottar for the purpose of rebuilding and fortifying to use as a forward resupply base for the northern campaign.

For example, the ruins of Dunstanburgh Castle in England inspired Turner to create several paintings ; in 1989 the ruined Dunnottar Castle in Scotland was used for filming of Hamlet.

Wars with the Viking kings in Britain and Ireland continued during Donald's reign and he was probably killed fighting yet more Vikings at Dunnottar in the Mearns in 900.

Other sources place this most probably in the Mearns, either at Fetteresso following the Chronicle, or at Dunnottar following the Prophecy of Berchán.

It has been suggested that the attack on Dunnottar, rather than being a small raid by a handful of pirates, may be associated with the ravaging of Scotland attributed to Harald Fairhair in the Heimskringla.

The Prophecy of Berchán places Donald's death at Dunnottar, but appears to attribute it to Gaels rather than Norsemen ; other sources report he died at Forres.

A memorial to them can be found in Dunnottar Church.

Stonehaven has three Churches of Scotland: Dunnottar Parish Church, Stonehaven South Parish Church and Fetteresso Parish Church, an evangelical Church of Scotland.

Sieges were recorded at Dunnottar, in the northern-most region of the " Southern Pictish Zone " near Stonehaven in 680 and at Dundurn in Strathearn in 682.

The attacks on the Southern Pictish Zone at Dunnottar and Dundurn represented a major threat to Ecgfrith's suzerainty.