What is recorded here

Ballinbreich Castle is a ruined tower house in Fife, built in the 14th century by Clan Leslie and rebuilt several times, with much of the present structure dating to 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 from above as crop marks, perhaps the ghost of a garden or boundary ditch, while the castle itself stands ruined but scheduled, still holding the shape of the Leslies’ home.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Ballinbreich Castle as Enclosure(s) (period Unassigned), Field Boundary(s) (period Unassigned), Harness Fitting (period Unassigned), Mount (period Unassigned), Unidentified Flint(s) (flint)(period Unassigned), Unidentified Pottery (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.

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