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NAUGHTON CASTLE (Ruins of) Naughton Castle (Ruins of)
Naughton Castle (Ruins of)
Naughton Castle (Ruins of)
Naughton Castle (Ruins of)
Revd. [Reverend] John Thomson, Minister Balmerino.
John Henderson, Farmer, Gauldry.
Leightons Hist. [History] of Fife.
Fullarton's Gazzeteer.
002 [situation] About 1 mile East of the village of Balmerino.
All that remains of Naughton Castle are a few bare walls. It is situated on the summit of a precipitous rock immediately to the Wet of Naughton house. It is said to have been built by Robertus de Lundon, a natural son of King William the Lion. From its appearance is does not seem to have been anything else than a private residence built in a castelated form. It is now the property of Duncan Morrison Esq. of Naughton, who takes a great interest in it on account of its antiquity. Some of the walls still standing are twelve [feet] high and covered with ivy. The ruins appear still considerable although much of the stones has been taken away.
"A little to the east of the abbey are the ruins of the ancient Castle of Naughton surmounting an isolated mass of rock. Sir William Hay of Naughton is noticed by Winton as, "Ane honest Knycht and of gud fame, A travailit Knycht lang before than," And Gawin Douglas places him among the heroes of romance in his Palace of Honour." - Fullartons Gazetteer of Scotland.

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