What is recorded here
Wemyss Castle, Home Farm, Courtyard and Stables stands in Fife, Scotland, preserving a 16th-century armorial panel beside unassigned farmstead, gate pier and stable structures. The stones mark a working estate where identity, entry and animal keeping remained entangled long after formal castle life faded.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Wemyss Castle, Home Farm, Courtyard and Stables as Armorial Panel (16th Century), Farmstead (period Unassigned), Gate Pier (period Unassigned), Stable(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.
Wemyss Castle was built by the Wemyss family in the 16th century and is remembered for its distinctive armorial panel and historical association with the powerful and influential family in Fife, Scotland.
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Places near here
West WemyssCave(s) (period Unassigned) · 221 yd
Wemyss CastleHospital (first World War), Sundial(s) (period Unknown), Tower House (16th Century) · 261 yd
War MemorialMemorial · 578 yd
WemyssSea Defences (period Unassigned) · 594 yd
Naval Mine Victims MemorialMemorial · 601 yd
Coaltown of WemyssMilestone (19th Century) · 693 yd
Coaltown of Wemyss, Main Street, Earl David HotelHotel (20th Century), Tenement (20th Century) · 729 yd
Safir: West Wemyss Harbour, Firth of ForthSchooner (19th Century) · 989 yd
Canterbury Bell: West Wemyss, Firth of ForthKetch (20th Century) · 1355 yd
Fife coastal pathVisitor information · 1.3 mi
East Wemyss, Court CaveCave (iron Age), Pictish Symbol Rock Carving(s) (pictish) · 1.3 mi
The Wemyss CavesVisitor information · 1.4 mi