[2][3] One notable use of this hill site was by Kenneth MacAlpin, the first king of Scotland, as a base for hunting in the nearby royal forest of Clunie.

[2][4] English troops occupied the site following their victory at the Battle of Dunbar during the First War of Scottish Independence.

[2]On a small island (formerly a crannog) in the loch stand the remains of Clunie Castle, a tower house of the bishops of Dunkeld.

[3] The current parish church in the village dates from 1840, designed by Perth architect William Macdonald Mackenzie,[5] replacing a previous structure with a new bell tower.

[6] Within the grounds stands a mausoleum with a romanesque doorway thought to be from an earlier 12th- or 13th-century church that stood on the same site.