What is recorded here

Kilconquhar House stands in Fife as a sixteenth-century tower house still wearing its older bones beneath later country-house changes. The garden remains part of the same living record, suggesting people walked, planted and tended the land long after the tower first rose. Whether the family celebrated, argued or simply watched the weather pass, the stones kept the shape of that daily life.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Kilconquhar House as Country House (period Unassigned), Garden (period Unassigned), Tower House (16th Century). 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.

Kilconquhar House, a 16th-century tower house in Fife, Scotland, was built by the powerful Leslie family, who were significant landowners and political figures in the region. The site is important as it reflects the architectural and social history of Scottish noble estates during the late medieval period.

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