What is recorded here
Lindores Castle stands in Fife, Scotland, recorded as a medieval castle. Its walls have watched the coast through centuries of change, perhaps sheltering lovers, soldiers or lonely keepers whose names vanished before the stones hardened into legend. The castle still belongs to memory, waiting for someone brave enough to imagine the lives hidden inside its quiet outline.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Lindores Castle as Castle (medieval). 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.
Lindores Castle was built in the 13th century by the Lindores Abbey, a Cistercian monastery located in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It is remembered as an example of medieval monastic architecture and as part of the historical landscape associated with the influential abbey.
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Places near here
LindoresVillage (period Unassigned) · 193 yd
Lindores HouseHouse (period Unassigned) · 266 yd
Abdie Parish KirkBurial Ground (post Medieval), Church (19th Century), Churchyard (post Medieval) · 1028 yd
Braeside of LindoresEnclosure (period Unassigned)(possible) · 1035 yd
Denmylne CastleDovecot (18th Century), Tower House (medieval) · 1.1 mi
Black LochNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 1.3 mi
Dunbog HillMountain / peak · 1.3 mi
Weddersbie HillMountain / peak · 1.6 mi
Newburgh, Clatchard Craig QuarryNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 1.6 mi
Newburgh CemeteryCemetery (19th Century) · 1.6 mi
Grange StripWood · 1.6 mi
Lindores Abbey DistilleryHeritage attraction · 1.7 mi