- Barmkin, also
spelled barmekin or barnekin, is a
Scots word
which refers to a form of
medieval and
later defensive enclosure,
typically found around smaller...
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approximately 300 people. Echt has a
number of
prehistoric remains,
including the
Barmekin of Echt
which is on a hill to the northwest.
There is also the Cullerlie...
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close without the
barmekin but
about a
dozen of the men got over the
barmekin wall and
stole close into the
house within the
barmekin (enclosure wall)...
- is an L-plan tower-house,
formerly protected by an
outer enclosure or
barmekin,
which is now in a
dangerously ruinous condition. It was one of many strongholds...
- a single-storey
defensive gatehouse, and the
whole was
surrounded by a
barmekin and
defensive earthworks, a fact that is
corroborated by the
record of...
- 2°59′07″W / 55.51528°N 2.98528°W / 55.51528; -2.98528 Type Pele
tower with
Barmekin Site
information Owner Private Open to the public No
Condition Occupied...
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southern ground floor internally.
Within the
grounds there is
evidence of a
Barmekin and
earthworks in the
adjoining cattle meadow,
which would indicate a mediaeval...
- quantity.
Remains of
vitrified forts are also
found throughout Scotland.
Barmekin of Echt
Barra Hill
Bennachie Dunnicaer Dunnideer Tap o' Noth The Caterthuns...
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grounds on the border, to
describe the
condition of 'all castells, towers,
barmekins, and fortresses,' and to
advise on the best
means for
strengthening the...
