List of castles in Fife

This is a list of castles in Fife.

List

Name	Type	Date	Condition	Ownership	Location	Notes	Picture.
Aberdour Castle	Tower house with later extensions	c.1200-1635	Partially ruined	Historic Environment Scotland	NT1915385458	built by Douglas earls of Morton; painted ceiling
Airdit House					NO41242003
Airdre Castle
Aithernie Castle
Ardross Castle, Fife		c.14th century
Ayton Castle, Fife
Balgonie Castle
Ballinbreich Castle			Ruin	Private	056.37ºN 003.18ºW
Balwearie Castle			Ruin	Nr Kirkcaldy
Collairnie Castle				Private	056.34ºN 003.12ºW	Barclay family, heraldic painted ceilings
Couston Castle					NT168850
Craighall Castle
Dairsie Castle				Private
Denmylne Castle			Ruin	Private		Balfour family
Dunimarle Castle	Historic house	18th century	Occupied	Private	Culross NS976858	Earlier ruin in grounds
Earlshall Castle	Historic House					Bruce family, painted gallery
Falkland Palace	Historic House			National Trust for Scotland		Royal palace, painted ceiling
Fernie Castle				Private
Fordell Castle				Private		Henderson family
Hallyards Castle			Ruin			Kirkcaldy family
Kellie Castle	Historic House			National Trust for Scotland		Oliphant & Erskine family
Leuchars Castle			Ruin
Lochore Castle	Castle	14th century	Ruin		Lochore
Lordscairnie Castle			Ruin	Private
Macduff's Castle			Ruin
Myres Castle				Private		Scrimgeour family
Newark Castle			Ruin
Pittarthie Castle			Ruin	Nr Dunino
Piteadie Castle			Ruin	Nr Kinghorn
Pitreavie Castle	tower house				Nr Dunfermline	Wardlaw family
Ravenscraig Castle		mid-15th century [1]	Ruin	Historic Scotland	Kirkcaldy	Sinclair family, in the grounds of Ravenscraig Park
Rossend Castle	tower			private offices		Dury & Melville families painted ceiling in National Museum of Scotland
Rosyth Castle			Ruin	in Naval dockyard
Rumgally House	tower house	16th century		no access, within Naval dockyard
St Andrews Castle			Ruin	Historic Scotland
Scotstarvit Tower				Historic Scotland
Wemyss Castle	Historic House			Private

See also

• Castles in Scotland
• List of castles in Scotland
• List of listed buildings in Fife

Notes

1. Kirkcaldy Civic Society (2005). Kirkcaldy: A History and Celebration. The Francis Firth Collection. ISBN   1-84567-749-8.

References

• Coventry, Martin (2001) The Castles of Scotland, 3rd Ed. Scotland: Goblinshead ISBN   1-899874-26-7
• Coventry, Martin (2010) Castles of the Clans Scotland: Goblinshead ISBN   1-899874-36-4
• Pattullo, Nan (1974) Castles, Houses and Gardens of Scotland Edinburgh: Denburn Press

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