What is recorded here

Knockdavie Castle is a ruined 17th-century house in Burntisland, Fife, whose name may mean the hill farm. A Douglas family is said to have owned it, and one member opposed the Covenanters. Two blackened wall patches still mark the site, preserving a household that resisted royal religion and then disappeared into grass and memory.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Knockdavie Castle as 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.

Knockdavie Castle was built in the 17th century as a country house, reflecting the period's architectural and social trends in Scotland. It is remembered for its historical significance as a local seat of the landed gentry.

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