Fortified place · Iron Age
Norman's Law Hillfort
Fife
Two concentric stone ramparts enclosing some four hectares — a community of real significance, not a watching post.
- Near Luthrie
- Rough ground
Scotland · Region
Ancient places in Fife
31 places in Fife, from the deepest prehistory to the medieval world.
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Ancient tree · Medieval
Queen Mary's Thorn
Fife
A named, long-standing tree carried in local memory as a landmark — included for its place in the landscape, with age and superlative claims held f…
- Near Fife
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Ancient tree · Medieval
The Balmerino Sweet Chestnut
Fife
A named, long-standing tree carried in local memory as a landmark — included for its place in the landscape, with age and superlative claims held f…
- Near Balmerino
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Fortified place · Medieval
Aberdour Castle and Gardens
Fife
One of the two oldest datable standing castles in Scotland (alongside Castle Sween), expanded over ~400 years from a c.1200 hall house to a Renaiss…
- Near Aberdour
- 46 metres from car park
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Building or ruin · Medieval
Dunfermline Abbey
Fife
An earlier priory at Dunfermline dated back to the reign of Malcolm III (Máel Coluim mac Donnchada, 'Malcolm Canmore', reigned 1058–93) and his que…
- Near Dunfermline
- 2 min walk from car park
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Building or ruin · Pictish & early medieval
St Andrews Cathedral
Fife
The Cathedral of St Andrew was founded in 1158 to provide more accommodation than the older church of St Regulus (St Rule) afforded, and became the…
- Near St Andrews
- 6 min walk from car park
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Fortified place · Medieval
Balgonie Castle
Fife
Balgonie Castle preserves a rare fourteenth-century Fife tower house that was rescued from ruin and returned to use through a decades-long private…
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Building or ruin · Medieval
Balmerino Abbey
Fife
It is the ruined shell of a royal Cistercian foundation, established from Melrose in the 1220s under the patronage of Ermengarde de Beaumont, queen…
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Fortified place · Medieval
Crail Castle
Fife
Crail Castle was a medieval royal residence and the administrative heart of one of Fife's ancient royal burghs, though almost nothing of it now sur…
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Fortified place · Medieval
Dairsie Castle
Fife
A stronghold of the bishops of St Andrews that hosted a medieval Scottish parliament and sheltered the young James VI, later rebuilt from ruin.
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Fortified place · Medieval
Falkland Palace
Fife
Falkland Palace was a favoured Renaissance residence of the Stewart kings, where James V died and his royal tennis court still stands as the oldest…
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Sacred place · Medieval
Inchcolm Abbey
Fife
It preserves the most complete surviving remains of any Scottish monastic house, on an island long tied to the early Scottish crown.
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Fortified place · Medieval
MacDuff's Castle
Fife
A fragmentary but evocative coastal ruin whose towers trace six centuries of Fife's ruling families, from the MacDuff earls to the Wemyss lairds.
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Fortified place · Medieval
Scotstarvit Tower
Fife
A rare survival among Scottish tower houses, standing near-complete rather than ruined and tied to the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Inglis an…
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Fortified place · Medieval
St Andrews Castle
Fife
It is one of Scotland's most storied castles, residence of the bishops of the medieval church capital and a flashpoint of the Reformation, where Ca…
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More places in Fife
Briefer entries — recorded and worth knowing, with fuller pages to come.
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Minor monument · Medieval
Dovecot, Creich Castle
Fife
Dovecote with HES-listed pre-1800 evidence (1723).
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Minor monument · Medieval
Dovecot, Wormistone House
Fife
Dovecote with HES-listed pre-1800 evidence (17th century).
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Minor monument · Medieval
Gate Piers And Twin Dovecots, East Lodge, Balcaskie House
Fife
Dovecote with HES-listed pre-1800 evidence (1714).
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Minor monument · Medieval
Market Cross, Bank Street, Inverkeithing
Fife
Mercat cross with HES-listed pre-1800 evidence (1688).
- Easy path
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Minor monument · Medieval
Market Cross, The Cross, Culross
Fife
Mercat cross with HES-listed pre-1800 evidence (1588).
- Easy path
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