What is recorded here

Myres Castle stands in Fife as a Z-plan fortress built around 1530 for the Sergeants of Arms of Falkland, its ochre walls rising from fields that still require modern drainage because the name Myres means a boggy place. A basement course may date to the 14th century, preserving the shape of a medieval kitchen beneath later additions, while a square tower added in 1616 carries garland stonework and carved initials. The estate passed from the Earl of Fife to the Duke of Albany, then to the crown after Murdoch forfeited it in 1425, and it has since changed hands from tenant farmers to the Fairlie family and private owners. Today the castle operates as a conference centre with lodging, surrounded by gardens, a pond that collects runoff, and a Victorian gatehouse that still contains a bedroom and kitchen.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Myres Castle as Farmstead (period Unassigned)(possible). 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.

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