What is recorded here

Ardross Castle, Elie appears in the national record as an unassigned cist, a bare stone box buried beneath the Fife soil. It may have held a dead person, a treasure or a memory, but no date, name or chamber has survived to confirm the choice. The castle title suggests a grander building that time erased, leaving only a small chamber and a question behind.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Ardross Castle, Elie as Cist(s) (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Ardross Castle, Elie, is a 16th-century tower house built by the Elphinstone family, a prominent Scottish noble family. It is remembered for its historical association with the region's feudal past and its architectural significance as a well-preserved example of a Scottish border tower house.

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