What is recorded here

Myres Castle stands in Fife near Auchtermuchty, its name preserving the boggy ground that still gathers water in the front pond. Built around 1530 as a Z-plan fortress for the Sergeants of Arms of Falkland, it layered a square tower, later wings and Victorian rooms across centuries. The Fairlie family lived there through two world wars, leaving shooting diaries and grief behind stone walls. Today the castle and gardens host conferences and guests, turning a medieval military home into a place for meeting, remembering and resting.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Myres Castle as Enclosure (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.

Myres Castle is a medieval tower house located in South Ayrshire, Scotland, and was likely built in the late 15th or early 16th century by a local landholding family. It is remembered for its architectural significance as an example of early Scottish domestic architecture and for its long association with the Maxwell family.

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