Scotstarvit Tower
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 Scotstarvit Tower |
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| Creation time : | 16th Century | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg (Tower House) | |
| Conservation status: | well preserved | |
| Standing position : | Scottish nobility | |
| Construction: | gray stone | |
| Place: | Cupar | |
| Geographical location | 56 ° 17 '23.1 " N , 3 ° 1' 7.6" W | |
| Height: | 131 m ASLTemplate: height / unknown reference | |
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Scotstarvit Tower is a Tower House 3.2 km south of Cupar in the Scottish county of Fife . The tower is located between Tarvit Hill and Walton Hill , south of the River Eden near the A916 trunk road .
history
The six-story tower with an L-shaped floor plan, which is still largely intact today, was built by the Inglis family in the third quarter of the 16th century . In 1611 it was bought by Sir John Scot , author of the satire The Staggering State of the Scots' Statesmen . Scot had the tower rebuilt in the 1620s. The Scotstarvit Tower was later sold to the Wemyss family and in 1948 it was transferred to the National Trust . Today Historic Scotland entertains him . It was classified as a category A historic building, but lost this status. Today it is only considered a Scheduled Monument .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
