What is recorded here

Pittarthie Castle is a roofless laird’s tower house built around 1580 for James Monypenny of Pitmilly, later remodeled by William Bruce of Pittarthie in 1653. Its staggered L-plan, stair tower, gunloop and pistol holes reveal a home built to be defended as much as lived in. The surviving walled garden and outbuildings suggest a complete estate rather than a lonely fortress, while coarser stones at the base of the south wall hint that an older house may have stood there before.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Pittarthie Castle as Rig and Furrow (medieval) - (post Medieval). 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.

Pittarthie Castle is a medieval structure associated with the Leslie family, prominent in Scottish history, and is remembered for its strategic significance in the region during the late medieval period.

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