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'''Fiddlehall''' is a house and farm off the [[Laich Road]], Falkland, and near the [[Falkland Golf Club]].
'''Fiddlehall''' is a house and farm off the [[Laich Road]], Falkland, and near the [[Falkland Golf Club]].


In 2022 excavations in the garden revealed a former Royal Observer Corps listening post.
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"It is unclear what exactly this name might mean. Perhaps it was once associated with music making"
"It is unclear what exactly this name might mean. Perhaps it was once associated with music making."<ref>[[Taylor, Placenames|Taylor, ''Place-Names'']], page 160.</ref>
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"To let at Martinmas, 1905.  The desirable houses at Fiddlehall with 17½ acres of land, lying adjacent to the Burgh of Falkland,
"To let at Martinmas, 1905.  The desirable houses at Fiddlehall with 17½ acres of land, lying adjacent to the Burgh of Falkland,
as presently occupied by Mr James Clark.
as presently occupied by Mr James Clark.

Revision as of 15:36, 26 June 2022

Building summary
[photo awaited]
Name Fiddlehall
Address Falkland
Postcode KY15 7DD
Date
Architect
See map Map C
OS grid ref NO257076
Latitude & longitude

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Fiddlehall is a house and farm off the Laich Road, Falkland, and near the Falkland Golf Club.

In 2022 excavations in the garden revealed a former Royal Observer Corps listening post.

Further references

"It is unclear what exactly this name might mean. Perhaps it was once associated with music making."[1]


"To let at Martinmas, 1905. The desirable houses at Fiddlehall with 17½ acres of land, lying adjacent to the Burgh of Falkland, as presently occupied by Mr James Clark. For further particulars apply to George Gavin, factor, Falkland Palace."[2]

Notes

  1. Taylor, Place-Names, page 160.
  2. Dundee Courier, 2 June 1905, quoted in Playfair and Burgess, page 115.