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[Quotation] "Ancient House of Parbroath. Of this house or castle which belonged to the family of Seton nothing now remains to mark the site save part of an arch surrounded by a few old trees which has been carefully by desire of the late Earl of Hopetoun. It stands near to the place where the road between the Forth and Tay ferries crosses the road from Cupar to Newburgh. The house is said to have been surrounded by a moat over which there was a drwabridge and the park in which they were situated is still called the Castlefield. There is a tradition that one of the late farm buildings at Parbroath which was long used as a barn had at one time been a chapel and that it and at the Church of Creich divine service was performed on alternate Sabbaths. In confirmation of a Chapel being here it may be stated that a few years ago when the foundation of a wall was dug up close by the site of the old barn some graves were discovered which probably formed part of the burial ground connected with the chapel." New Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] of Fife. Page 645