Dairsie Castle
Dairsie Castle is a residential tower 1.3 kilometers south of Dairsie . in the northeast of the Scottish county of Fife . The restored castle overlooks the Eden River .
history
The first castle to be built on this site belonged to the Bishops of St Andrews and may have been commissioned by Bishop William de Lamberton , who served in office from 1298 to 1328. The Scottish Parliament met at the castle in early 1335.
In the 16th century, the Learmonth family had the castle rebuilt. James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton , the then Scottish regent, besieged the castle in 1575. King James VI. stayed at Dairsie Castle in 1583, after fleeing from the raid on Ruthven in June of the same year. In the 17th century the castle was sold to John Spottiswoode (1565–1639), Archbishop of St Andrews. In 1621 he had the old church of Dairsie built near the castle.
Dairsie Castle fell into disrepair in the 19th century but was restored in the 1990s and is now a vacation home. Historic Scotland listed it as a Category B Historic Building and was also a Scheduled Monument until 1997 when renovations began .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry on Dairsie Castle in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ↑ Bruce Webster, Alexander Grant (Editor), Keith J. Stringer (Editor): Medieval Scotland: Crown, Leadership and Community . Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh 1998. ISBN 0-7486-1110-X . Chapter: Scotland without a King, 1329-1341 . Pp. 225-226.
- ↑ Entry on Dairsie Old Church in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
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Coordinates: 56 ° 19 ′ 59 ″ N , 2 ° 57 ′ 0 ″ W.