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| style="width:50%"| '''Name''' || Falkland Castle | | style="width:50%"| '''Name''' || Falkland Castle | ||
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| ''' | | '''Date''' || 13th & 14th centuries | ||
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| ''' | | '''OS grid ref''' || NO 25373 07572 | ||
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| ''' | | '''Latitude & longitude''' || 56°15′17″N 3°12′22″W | ||
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'''Falkland Castle''' is a former castle within the grounds of [[Falkland Palace]]. | |||
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! colspan=3 |HES scheduled monument designation details<ref>[http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/SM854 HES record for SM854]</ref> | |||
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| '''Date''' | | | '''Reference:''' SM854 | ||
| '''Date:''' 30/04/1920; amended 27/06/2017 | |||
| '''Type:''' Secular: castle; palace | |||
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| ''' | | colspan=3 |'''Address/Site Name''' | ||
Falkland Palace | |||
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| ''' | | colspan=3 |'''Description (from Canmore)'''<ref>[https://canmore.org.uk/site/29774/falkland-castle Canmore record 29774]</ref> | ||
The foundations of two circular towers, connected by a curtain wall, lie to the north of Falkland Palace (NO20NE 3). They evidently represent the remains of the 'Tower of Falkland' which was levelled in 1337, later rebuilt (and considerably enlarged in the late 15th century) and finally abandoned in 1541, on the completion of the Palace. | |||
An angled terrace in front of the 13th century towers gives the outline of a 17th century building which has otherwise completely disappeared. | |||
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| | ! colspan=3 |HES listing details (as listed building)<ref>[http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB8799 HES record for LB8799]</ref> | ||
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| ''' | | '''Reference:''' LB8799 | ||
| | | '''Date:''' 01/02/1972; removed 27/06/2017 | ||
| '''Category:''' B | |||
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| '''Address/Site Name''' | | colspan=3 |'''Address/Site Name''' | ||
Falkland Palace – Castle | Falkland Palace – Castle | ||
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| '''Description''' | | colspan=3 |'''Description''' | ||
13th and 14th centuries, destroyed 1337 and perhaps at least in part subsequently rebuilt. Remains comprise base of large circular well-tower, ashlar-built with triple chamfered ground course linked on north west by curtain wall to circular north tower; very fragmentary. | 13th and 14th centuries, destroyed 1337 and perhaps at least in part subsequently rebuilt. Remains comprise base of large circular well-tower, ashlar-built with triple chamfered ground course linked on north west by curtain wall to circular north tower; very fragmentary. | ||
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|'''Statement of special interest''' | | colspan=3 |'''Statement of special interest''' | ||
Scheduled Monument. Built by the Macduffs, Earls of Fife; in 1371 to Robert Stuart Earl of Monteith later Duke of Albany; James II made Falkland a Palace 1460. | Scheduled Monument. Built by the Macduffs, Earls of Fife; in 1371 to Robert Stuart Earl of Monteith later Duke of Albany; James II made Falkland a Palace 1460. | ||
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|'''Reason for removal from listing''' | | colspan=3 |'''Reason for removal from listing''' | ||
Scheduling [as a Scheduled Monument] is the more appropriate designation for this structure. | Scheduling [as a Scheduled Monument] is the more appropriate designation for this structure. | ||
|} | |} | ||
==Further references== | ==Further references== | ||
"There was a castle here by 1337, when it was taken by Edward III's army and 'levelled to the ground', but it must have been repaired or rebuilt by 1401, when David, Duke of Rothesay, was imprisoned in the 'tower' of Falkland."<ref>[[Gifford, Fife|Gifford, ''Fife'']], page 212.</ref> | |||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
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[[Category:Category B listed buildings]] | [[Category:Category B listed buildings]] | ||
[[Category:Falkland Conservation Area]] | [[Category:Falkland Conservation Area]] | ||
[[Category:Pages with no pictures]] | [[Category:Pages with no pictures]] | ||
[[Category:Buildings removed from listing]] | [[Category:Buildings removed from listing]] | ||
[[Category:Scheduled monuments]] | |||
Latest revision as of 19:22, 4 April 2021
| Building summary | |
|---|---|
| [photo awaited] | |
| Name | Falkland Castle |
| Date | 13th & 14th centuries |
| OS grid ref | NO 25373 07572 |
| Latitude & longitude | 56°15′17″N 3°12′22″W |
Falkland Castle is a former castle within the grounds of Falkland Palace.
| HES scheduled monument designation details[1] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Reference: SM854 | Date: 30/04/1920; amended 27/06/2017 | Type: Secular: castle; palace |
| Address/Site Name
Falkland Palace | ||
| Description (from Canmore)[2]
The foundations of two circular towers, connected by a curtain wall, lie to the north of Falkland Palace (NO20NE 3). They evidently represent the remains of the 'Tower of Falkland' which was levelled in 1337, later rebuilt (and considerably enlarged in the late 15th century) and finally abandoned in 1541, on the completion of the Palace. An angled terrace in front of the 13th century towers gives the outline of a 17th century building which has otherwise completely disappeared. | ||
| HES listing details (as listed building)[3] | ||
| Reference: LB8799 | Date: 01/02/1972; removed 27/06/2017 | Category: B |
| Address/Site Name
Falkland Palace – Castle | ||
| Description
13th and 14th centuries, destroyed 1337 and perhaps at least in part subsequently rebuilt. Remains comprise base of large circular well-tower, ashlar-built with triple chamfered ground course linked on north west by curtain wall to circular north tower; very fragmentary. | ||
| Statement of special interest
Scheduled Monument. Built by the Macduffs, Earls of Fife; in 1371 to Robert Stuart Earl of Monteith later Duke of Albany; James II made Falkland a Palace 1460. | ||
| Reason for removal from listing
Scheduling [as a Scheduled Monument] is the more appropriate designation for this structure. | ||
Further references
"There was a castle here by 1337, when it was taken by Edward III's army and 'levelled to the ground', but it must have been repaired or rebuilt by 1401, when David, Duke of Rothesay, was imprisoned in the 'tower' of Falkland."[4]