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There are notable historical buildings in Fife, some of which are managed by the National Trust for Scotland or Historic Scotland. They include the palace in Culross, Ravenscraig Castle in Kirkcaldy, Balgonie Castle near Coaltown of Balgonie, Kellie Castle and St. Andrews Castle (with a gruesome bottle dungeon).
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ABERDOUR CASTLEAberdour Castle is located in the village of Easter Aberdour, Fife, Scotland. Parts of the castle date from around 1200, making Aberdour one of the two oldest datable standing castles in Scotland, along with Castle Sween in Argyll, which was built at around the same time ... |
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BALGONIE CASTLE Balgonie Castle is located on the south bank of the River Leven near Milton of Balgonie, 3.5km east of Glenrothes, Fife. The keep dates from the 14th century, and the remaining structures were added piecemeal until the 18th century. The keep has been recently restored, although other parts of the castle are roofless ruins ... |
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KELLIE CASTLE Kellie Castle is a castle just outside Arncroach, about 5 kilometres north of Pittenweem in the East Neuk of Fife. The earliest records of Kellie go back to 1150 where it is mentioned in a charter issued by King David I. The first known owner was Robert of London, the illegitimate son of King William the Lion ... |
LORDSCAIRNIE CASTLELordscairnie Castle is a ruin situated near Moonzie, north-east of Cupar, Fife. The castle was constructed in around 1495 by Alexander Lindsay, 7th Earl of Crawford (d.1517). It was originally an L-plan tower house with five storeys. It is owned by the Blackburn family who also own Fernie Castle in Fife ... |
MACDUFF'S CASTLEMacDuff's Castle is a ruined castle near East Wemyss, in Fife. The site is associated with the MacDuff Earls of Fife, the most powerful family in Fife in the middle ages, although nothing survives from this period. The present ruins are the remains of the home of the Wemyss family, who lived here from the 14th century... |
MYRES CASTLEMyres Castle is a Scottish castle situated in Fife near the village of Auchtermuchty. Its history is interleaved with that of nearby Falkland Palace with present day castle construction dating to 1530. The castle and magnificent Scottish garden are now operated as a private conference centre with lodging ... |
NEWARK CASTLENewark Castle is a ruin located just outside the town of St Monans, on the east coast of Fife, Scotland. Building on the site probably dates back to the 13th century at which time the Scottish king Alexander III (1241 - 1286) spent some of his childhood there. Since that time, the site has passed through several rebuilding phases ... |
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RAVENSCRAIG CASTLE Ravenscraig Castle is a ruined castle located in Kirkcaldy which dates from around 1460. The castle is an early example of artillery defence in Scotland. Now managed by Historic Scotland and protected by Scheduled Ancient Monument this has been recognised as a category A listed building ... |
ROSSEND CASTLERossend Castle is a historic building in Burntisland, a town on the south coast of Fife, Scotland. A keep, known as the Tower of Kingorne Wester, was in existence on the site from 1119. It was later referred to as Burntisland Castle, and by 1382 was called Abbot's Hall, as it was the home of the Abbot of Dunfermline ... |
ROSYTH CASTLERosyth Castle is a fifteenth century ruined tower house on the perimeter of Rosyth Naval Dockyard, Fife. It originally stood on a small island in the Firth of Forth accessible only at low tide, and dates from around 1450, built as a secure residence by Sir David Stewart, who had been granted the Barony of Rosyth in 1428 ... |
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ST. ANDREWS CASTLE St Andrew's Castle is a picturesque ruin located in the coastal Royal Burgh of St Andrews in Fife, Scotland. The castle sits on a rocky promontory overlooking a small beach called Castle Sands and the adjoining North Sea. There has been a castle standing at the site since the times of Bishop Roger (1189-1202) ... |
SEAFIELD TOWERSeafield Tower is a ruined castle on the North Sea coast of Fife in Scotland. The Fife Coastal Path passes the tower. Built of local red sandstone in the 16th century, Seafield Tower lies between Kinghorn and Kirkcaldy in Fife, Scotland. Its last owner was Methven of Raith who abandoned it in 1733 ... |
TULLIALLAN CASTLETulliallan Castle is a large house in Kincardine, Fife, Scotland. It is the second structure to have the name (see below), and is a mixture of Gothic and Italian style architecture set amid some 90 acres of parkland just north of where the Kincardine Bridge spans the Firth of Forth ... |
WEMYSS CASTLEWemyss Castle is situated on the cliffs between the villages of East Wemyss and West Wemyss in Fife, Scotland. Accounts date the construction of the castle to the year 1421 when Sir John Wemyss decided to build a fortified castle to replace one destroyed by the Duke of Rothesay at Kilconquhar in 1402 ... |
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