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==Previous uses== | ==Previous uses== | ||
Castle | Castle | ||
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<ref>[[Pride, Kingdom of Fife|Pride, ''Kingdom of Fife'']], page ##.</ref> | <ref>[[Pride, Kingdom of Fife|Pride, ''Kingdom of Fife'']], page ##.</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 11:05, 13 January 2021
Building summary | |
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[photo awaited] | |
Name | Falkland Castle |
Address | |
Postcode | |
Other names | |
Date | 13th and 14th centuries |
OS grid ref | NO 25373 7572 |
Latitude & longitude | |
Listing | Category B (removed) |
Listing reference | LB8799 |
Falkland Castle is a former castle within the grounds of Falkland Palace
HES listing details[1] |
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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. |
Previous uses
Castle