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Ballinbreich Castle

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show the castle within a curving wall or earth bank. From the air, two curving enclosures can be seen, the crop mark remains of ditches. The inner area was probably the 16th-century garden, and rectilinear crop marks within the larger enclosure may have been later garden features.
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stopped at Ballinbreich on 28 June 1583 (18 June O.S.) shortly after escaping captivity at
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made a progress in September 1575. He came to Ballinbreich from
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stayed at the castle on 23 March 1563 and 26 January 1565.
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Ballinbreich Castle is located in Fife
56°22′16″N 3°10′49″W / 56.371177°N 3.180184°W / 56.371177; -3.180184
Clan Leslie
tower house
Fife
Scotland
Clan Leslie
L-plan castle
Firth of Tay
scheduled monument
Earl of Rothes
Timothy Pont
National Library of Scotland
Mary, Queen of Scots
Regent Morton
Tullibardine
Huntingtower Castle
James Ruthven, 2nd Earl of Gowrie
James VI
Falkland Palace
Lordscarnie
Sir Robert Melville
"Ballinbreich Castle"
Historic Environment Scotland
"Ballinbreich Castle (SM844)"
'Scottish Itinerary of Mary Queen of Scots, 1542-8 and 1561-8', PSAS, 117 (1987), microfiche, scanned
Ballinbreich Castle Pictures
Categories
Ruined castles in Fife

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