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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRAIGHALL CASTLE (Ruins of) | Craighall Castle(ruins of) Craighall Castle (ruins of) Craighall Castle (ruins of) |
David Brown Baron Baillie Craighall Robert Bell Craighall. William Wilson Simonden |
018 | [situation] About 1¼ Miles E.N.E. [East North East] from Cassindilly. This Castle once formed the principal residence of the family of Hope of Craighall. Sir Thomas Hope, Joint Lord Advocate of Scotland under Charles II lived here. The heads of the family in the Feudal Age exercised Authority over an extensive tract of Country round the Castle, and at the present time several feuars pay an equivalent in Cash for personal services peculiar to Chivalry. The present head of the family is Lord Superior of Ceres. Regarding the early history of the castle nothing is known in the Neighbourhood, and no date anterior to 1697 is to be found on the walls. It is evidently much older. The ground plan appears to have resembled the letter H , the principal entrance is in the east, by an Arched way, terminating in the west side. |
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[Page] 19 -- Parish of Ceres -- Plan 18A -- Trace 3.[Quotation] "The ruins of Craighall Stand about half a mile
" southeast of Ceres upon the north bank of a lovely
" den. The den is sequestered and deep and of considerable
" extent, and well wooded. The ruins will have an appearance
"of grandeur and serve to indicate what had been the magnificence
"of the mansion. Craighall was formerly the seat of Sir Thomas Hope,
" King's Advocate (from whom the principal families in Scotland
" of the name of Hope are descended) and it continued to be the
" residence of Sir Thomas's Heirs till the beginning of the last
" century when it was sold to another branch of the family who
"Succeeded to be Earls of Hopeton. It is now the property of Sir
" Alexander Hope, brother to the late John, Earl of Hopeton."
Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] of Fife 1845 p524.
See also Old Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] Vol. [Volume] 5 page 389.
Sibbalds Hist. [History] of Fife page 361.
[signed] "[James] Ireland ca [Civil Assistant] 7th Nov. 1853."
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