What is recorded here

Hallyards Castle in Fife is a ruined country house that once hosted James V, witnessed the planning of Cardinal Beaton’s murder, and was blown up by French troops during the Reformation. Kirkcaldy avenged its destruction by striking back at a Savoyard captain and his men, while Mary of Guise mocked Knox by claiming her God had proven stronger through the castle’s ruin. The house later became Camilla, passed through several Fife families, and was largely demolished in 1847, leaving only a buried skeleton of walls beside the farmland north-west of Auchtertool.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Hallyards Castle as Country House (17th Century). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Hallyards Castle was a 17th-century country house associated with the Hallyard family, located in East Lothian, Scotland. It is remembered for its historical connection to the region and as an example of early Scottish domestic architecture.

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