What is recorded here

Fordell Castle is a 16th-century tower house in Fife, Scotland, built by James Henderson and Jean Murray of Tullibardine around 1580. It is the only known tower house with two main stairs, each entering through its own outside door, a design that lets one leave while the other is blocked. The basement once held stocks and branks for punishment, but that chamber is now a wine cellar, and a rogue's collar still hangs near the entrance as a reminder of the castle's sharper purpose.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Fordell Castle as Castle (medieval), Fortified House (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.

Fordell Castle was built in the late 14th or early 15th century by the Leslie family, a prominent Scottish noble lineage. It is remembered as a well-preserved example of a medieval tower house and was historically associated with the powerful Earls of Rothes.

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