What is recorded here

Leuchars Castle rose from a twelfth-century earthen mound into a thirteenth-century stone fortress, only to fall twice to English swords before disappearing entirely in the twentieth century. Yet the slender doocot still stands beside the vanished hall, a pigeon tower kept alive on a risk register while the castle itself became memory. Nearby, James V and Mary, Queen of Scots, hunted falcons through Tentsmuir Forest at Pitlethie, turning this quiet Fife landscape into a royal playground where power and pleasure flew together.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Leuchars Castle as Enclosure(s) (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.

Leuchars Castle was built by the Lindsay family in the 15th century and is remembered as a historic stronghold associated with the Earls of Crawford and later the Earls of Balcarres. It is important for its historical connections and as an example of medieval Scottish castle architecture.

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