What is recorded here

Falkland Castle rose after 1160 when King Malcolm gave Duncan, Earl of Fife, the hunting estate, turning a remote Fife landscape into a working medieval settlement. Its name may preserve a hidden place, a wash or heavy rain rather than falcon land, and the castle itself likely replaced an older hunting lodge. Workers, artisans and believers gathered around that new centre, while the nearby church of Kilgour absorbed lives, losses and strange burials before the town moved on.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Falkland Castle as Linear Feature(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.

Falkland Castle in Fife, Scotland, was built in the 14th century by the powerful Leslie family, who held significant influence in the region. It is important as the birthplace of Mary, Queen of Scots, in 1542, and as a historic seat of the Earls of Rothes.

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