Craighall Castle

Craighall Castle
United Kingdom
Craighall Castle Location in Fife
Coordinates	56°17′05″N 2°57′30″W
Site history
Built	1637
Built by	Sir Thomas Hope
In use	Until 1957 (1957)
Materials	Rubble
Fate	Demolished

Craighall Castle is located in Ceres, Fife, Scotland.[1][2] It was built in 1637 by Sir Thomas Hope but there was a tower of previous land owners before 1637. It is now demolished and only some of the castle's walls remain.[3][4]

History

The lands were owned by Andrew Kinninmond and his family before selling it to Sir Thomas Hope.[5] Hope built the castle in 1637. In 1954, the old tower was removed after the castle's granary burnt down. The castle was in very poor condition and was demolished in 1957. Some portion of walls still remain.[3]

Architecture

Craighall Castle was built with rubble and stones. The walls are 1 metre to 1.3 metres thick. An old wall which is 10 metres long and 3.5 metres high still remains in the site.[3]

References

1. Martin Coventry (2006). The Castles of Scotland.
2. "David Bryce". scottisharchitects.org. Archived from the original on 16 October 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
3. "Craighall Castle". canmore.org.
4. "Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland : a survey of Scottish topography, statistical, biographical and historical". archive.org.
5. David Stevenson, King of Covenant? Voices from the Civil War (Tuckwell, 1996), p. 105.