What is recorded here

Ballinbreich Castle is a ruined three-storey tower house in Fife, built by Clan Leslie in the 14th century and largely rebuilt in the 16th. Mary, Queen of Scots stayed there in 1563 and 1565, and James VI passed through in 1583. The castle overlooks the Firth of Tay, and faint crop marks still trace the curving gardens and ditches that once surrounded it.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Ballinbreich Castle as Fastening (period Unassigned), Tankard (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 100m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Ballinbreich Castle is a medieval hill fort located in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, and is believed to have been constructed during the Iron Age, around the 1st to 4th centuries AD. It is important as an example of early defensive architecture and provides insight into the prehistoric settlement patterns of central Scotland.

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