Falkland Castle

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Building summary
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Name Falkland Castle
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Other names
Date 13th & 14th centuries
OS grid ref NO 25373 7572
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Listing Category B (removed)
Listing reference LB8799

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

HES listing details[1]
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

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