What is recorded here
Falkland Palace stands in Fife, Scotland, beside a twentieth-century war memorial marking lives lost in modern conflict. The palace has witnessed centuries of change, while the memorial remains a quiet witness to human cost. Together they connect ancient grandeur and contemporary grief within the same grounds.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Falkland, Falkland Palace, War Memorial as War Memorial (20th 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.
Falkland Palace, now a war memorial, was originally built in the 16th century as a royal residence by the Stewart kings of Scotland, including James V and James VI. It is important as a historic royal palace and later as a site repurposed to commemorate those who died in World War I.
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Places near here
Falkland Palace, WallWall (period Unassigned) · 37 yd
Falkland, High Street, Smith's CottageCottage (period Unassigned) · 44 yd
Falkland, High Street, the Bruce Arms Inn, Architectural FragmentsArchitectural Fragment(s) (period Unassigned) · 65 yd.jpg?width=1280)
Tyndall Bruce StatueMemorial · 93 yd
Fern Leaved Beech TreeEuropean Beech · 112 yd
Falkland, High Street, Parish ChurchBurial Ground (post Medieval), Church (17th Century), Churchyard (post Medieval) · 124 yd
Falkland CastleTower House (medieval) · 132 yd
War MemorialMemorial · 170 yd
Falkland, the PleasanceNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 392 yd
Yad WaterfallWaterfall · 1.2 mi
Old LimekilnHeritage attraction · 1.4 mi
The Rhind HillMountain / peak · 2.2 mi