What is recorded here

Ballinbreich Castle is a ruined tower house in Fife, built by Clan Leslie in the 14th century and rebuilt several times, with much of the present structure dating from the 16th century. It is a three-storey L-plan castle overlooking the Firth of Tay, where Mary, Queen of Scots stayed in 1563 and 1565, Regent Morton passed through in 1575, and James VI stopped in 1583. Two curving enclosures remain visible as crop marks, perhaps the ghost of old gardens and ditches, while the castle itself stands ruined but still watching the water.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Ballinbreich Castle as Mount(s) (period Unassigned). 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.

Ballinbreich Castle was a 16th-century tower house located in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, and was held by the Leslie family, a prominent noble lineage in the region. It is remembered for its strategic position and as an example of early defensive architecture in the Scottish Borders.

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