Collairnie Castle
Collairnie Castle is a tower house with an L-shaped floor plan in the community Dunbog in the Scottish county of Fife .
The castle was expanded in the 16th century by a wing with four full storeys and an attic. The main block was demolished except for the ground floor and the entire building was integrated into a farm in the 19th century. It was written that the residential tower "became a nuisance as the work of the peasants". On the remaining floors there are two ceiling paintings from the Scottish Renaissance . The castle is a Scheduled Monument . A former additional classification as a historical building of category A was lifted in 2017.
The residential tower had belonged to the Barclay clan since 1789, but then fell to the Balfours .
It is said that Mary Queen of Scots spent three nights at Collairnie Castle on her way to St Andrews in 1564.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Glen L. Pride: The Kingdom of Fife - an illustrated Architectural Guide .
- ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
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Coordinates: 56 ° 20 ′ 31 ″ N , 3 ° 7 ′ 26 ″ W.