What is recorded here

Pitreavie Castle Steading stands as an 18th-century farmstead and stable complex beside Dunfermline, built to sustain the grand house rather than merely decorate the estate. The distance between noble pride and horse dung gave the castle its shape, forcing elegance to share air with labour.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Dunfermline, Pitreavie Castle, Steading as Farmstead (18th Century), Stable(s) (18th Century). 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.

Pitreavie Castle, later known as the Steading, was originally a 16th-century tower house associated with the Earls of Kinnoull and was expanded in the 18th century. It is important as part of the historical estate of Dunfermline and for its later role as a royal military barracks in the 20th century.

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