Knockdavie Castle

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Knockdavie Castle is the ruin of a country house in Burntisland in the Scottish county of Fife . The house was built in the 17th century and is a Scheduled Monument .

description

The two-story house has a rectangular floor plan and covers an area of ​​22 meters × 12 meters. It stands on the level surface of a 1.5 meter high mound and was built from rough quarry stone that was grouted with lime mortar . The first floor was divided in half by a wall. On the north wall there is a semicircular ledge that once contained a staircase.

The north-western corner is still preserved up to a height of 5-6 meters. The rest of the west side fell inside. The lower steps of the stairs are found in the north wall. On the west side there could have been a cellar with a vaulted ceiling . The fall of an entrance spilled with rubble is on the southwest side. The south wall has collapsed; the largest, preserved part is the southeast corner. There used to be an entrance and a closet here.

Rectangular foundations can be discovered in the south-east corner of the house, suggesting an extension that led further down. There are also remains of foundations on the south and west sides, although their original purpose cannot be identified.

history

MacGibbon and Ross believe the house belonged to a member of Clan Douglas who fought the Covenanters in the 17th century .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Knockdavie Castle . In: Stravaging Around Scotland . Retrieved October 26, 2017.
  2. ↑ Knockdavie Castle . In: Scotland Places . Historic Scotland. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
  3. ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  4. ↑ a b c Entry on Knockdavie Castle  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  5. ^ D. McGibbon, T. Ross: The Castellated and Domestic Architecture of Scotland from the Twelfth to the Eighteenth Centuries . Edinburgh 1887-1892. 5 volumes. Volume 4. p. 126.

Coordinates: 56 ° 4 ′ 50 ″  N , 3 ° 16 ′ 3 ″  W.