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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARDROSS CASTLE (In Ruins) | Ardross Castle (in ruins) Ardross Castle (in ruins) Ardross Cstle (in ruins) |
Revd. [Reverend] Mr. Fogo William Given George Fargan |
026 | [situation] About 1 1/4 miles S.W. by W. [South West by West] from St. Monance. The ruins of an ancient castle, formerly the manor house of the barony, situated about a mile east of the village of Elie. All that now remains of this ancient edifice is the outside wall, which is about 5 feet in thickness and about 7 feet high. Of its origin or the date of its erection, nothing is locally known. Latterly it was, with other lands in the vicinity, the property of Sir W.C. Anstruther. It is now the property of Mr. Baird. |
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57 Parish of Elie[Margin Note] Page in Forms 136 ..117
[Note - Ardross Castle] G. [German] Text
[Note]
From the situation and from the great thickness of the walls of this building it was evidently a place of strength and intended as a place of defence. It said to have belonged at some remote period a family named Dischington & subsequently to the family of Scott. See Leighton's Hist. [History] of Fife vol,III [Volume 3] page 87.
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