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'''Falkland Castle''' is a former castle within the grounds of [[Falkland Palace]]
 
'''Falkland Castle''' is a former castle within the grounds of [[Falkland Palace]]
 
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! colspan=3 |HES listing details<ref>[http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB8799 HES record for LB8799]</ref>
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| '''Reference:''' LB8799
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| '''Date:''' 01/02/1972; removed 27/06/2017
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| '''Category:''' B
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| colspan=3 |'''Address/Site Name'''
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Falkland Palace &ndash; Castle
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| colspan=3 |'''Description'''
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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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| colspan=3 |'''Statement of special interest'''
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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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| colspan=3 |'''Reason for removal from listing'''
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Scheduling [as a Scheduled Monument] is the more appropriate designation for this structure.
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! colspan=3 |HES listing details<ref>[http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB8799 HES record for LB8799]</ref>
 
! colspan=3 |HES listing details<ref>[http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB8799 HES record for LB8799]</ref>
 
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Revision as of 06:48, 2 April 2021

Building summary
[photo awaited]
Name Falkland Castle
Address
Postcode
Other names
Date 13th & 14th centuries
OS grid ref NO 25373 07572
Latitude & longitude 56°15′17″N 3°12′22″W
Listing Category B (removed)
Listing reference LB8799; SM854

Falkland Castle is a former castle within the grounds of Falkland Palace

HES listing details[1]
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.

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! colspan=3 |HES listing details[2] |- | Reference: LB8799 | Date: 01/02/1972; removed 27/06/2017 | Category: B |- | colspan=3 |Address/Site Name Falkland Palace – Castle |- | 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. |- | 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. |- | colspan=3 |Reason for removal from listing Scheduling [as a Scheduled Monument] is the more appropriate designation for this structure. |}

Previous uses

Castle

Notes

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