What is recorded here

Scotstarvit Tower rises five storeys above the Fife fields, its thick stone walls and corner turrets built between 1604 and 1611 by Sir John Scott of Scotstarvit. The square house still stands beside an older castle shadow, preserving the proud defensive shape of early Stuart Lowland gentry. It is not a ruined fantasy but a completed tower, still holding the weight of the family that shaped it.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Scotstarvit Tower as Tower House (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.

Scotstarvit Tower is a 16th-century tower house built by the Keith family, a prominent Scottish noble lineage. It is remembered for its well-preserved medieval architecture and its historical association with the influential Keith earls, reflecting the region's feudal past.

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