What is recorded here

Rankeilour is a medieval tower house in Fife, Scotland, still standing on private land. It belongs to the old tower-house tradition where a tall stone chamber defended a family and marked local power. The estate name appears in a modern company registered for cereal growing, linking the ancient stones to ongoing agricultural life. Whether people still walk its floors or only watch it from a distance, the tower remains a vertical witness to Fife's layered history.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Rankeilour as Tower House (medieval). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 100m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Rankeilour Tower, a medieval tower house in Fife, Scotland, was built in the late 15th or early 16th century by the Leslie family, a prominent Scottish noble lineage. It is remembered as an example of early defensive domestic architecture and for its historical association with the Leslies, who played significant roles in Scottish politics and military affairs.

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