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"Nothing now remains of the ancient castle of Leuchars, although its site is still pointed out, a short way north of the village. It stood upon a bank of earth, on the edge of a swamp, and was surrounded by a deep broad ditch, which enclosed about three acres of ground, and must have been a place of great strength in former times. It was no doubt the residence of the Celtic Chief, Ness, the son of William, whose daughter was married to Robert de Quinci: and it appears to have been the principal residence of their son, Seyer de Quinci, Earl of Winchester, and where he held his baronial court, as many of his charters are dated thence; and in a dispute with Duncan, the son of Hamelin, about the lands of Duglyn, in the Ochils, he brought Duncan to acknowledge a release of his Claims in his court, ["in plena curia mea affud Locres"]. In 1327, it was taken and demolished by the English, under the Earl of Pembroke, but was no doubt subsequently rebuilt."
Leighton's Hist: [History] of Fife
Vol III - Page 53.

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towards the end there is a piece in quotation marks in latin which I cannot decipher

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