What is recorded here

Balmullo, Cynicus Castle stands in Fife, Scotland, marked as a house without a clear period, and its exact point is known to the nearest metre. The name Cynicus sounds like a joke or a warning, fitting a place that may have hosted people proud enough to mock or clever enough to adapt. Whatever rooms remain, they likely held ordinary life: heat, argument, laughter, and the small cruelties that make a house memorable.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Balmullo, Cynicus Castle as House (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.

Cynicus Castle in Balmullo is believed to have been built by the Crichton family in the 16th century. It is remembered as a historic example of a fortified house in Perth and Kinross, reflecting the defensive architecture of the Scottish Borders region.

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