Collairnie Castle
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Collairnie Castle is an L-plan castle in Dunbog
, Fife
, Scotland
. The castle was extended in the 16th century, with a wing added of 4 storeys with an attic. The main block has been reduced to a single storey, and the tower is now incorporated into 19th-century a farm steading. Inside the remaining floors are two painted ceilings
. The castle is protected as a scheduled monument and as a cateogry A listed building.
Owned by the Barclay
family until 1789, it passed to the Balfours. On her way to St Andrews
in 1564, it is said that Mary Queen of Scots spent three nights at Collairnie.
Dunbog
Dunbog is a parish in the county of Fife in Scotland. The parish is of entirely rural character, with no actual village - only a collection of farm houses. Dunbog parish is bounded on the north by the River Tay, on the south by Monimail, on the east by Flisk and Creich, and on the west by Abdie....
, Fife
Fife
Fife is a council area and former county of Scotland. It is situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
. The castle was extended in the 16th century, with a wing added of 4 storeys with an attic. The main block has been reduced to a single storey, and the tower is now incorporated into 19th-century a farm steading. Inside the remaining floors are two painted ceilings
Scottish Renaissance painted ceilings
A number of Scottish houses and castles built between 1540 and 1640 have painted ceilings. This is a distinctive national style, though there is common ground with similar work elsewhere, especially in France, Spain and Scandinavia. Most surviving examples are painted simply on the boards and...
. The castle is protected as a scheduled monument and as a cateogry A listed building.
Owned by the Barclay
Clan Barclay
-Origins of the clan:Since the eighteenth century, Barclay historians, noted for their low level in medieval scholarship, have assumed the Scottish family Barclay is a branch of one of the Anglo-Norman Berkeley family of Berkeley in Gloucestershire...
family until 1789, it passed to the Balfours. On her way to St Andrews
St Andrews
St Andrews is a university town and former royal burgh on the east coast of Fife in Scotland. The town is named after Saint Andrew the Apostle.St Andrews has a population of 16,680, making this the fifth largest settlement in Fife....
in 1564, it is said that Mary Queen of Scots spent three nights at Collairnie.
External Links
- http://www.darkisle.com/c/collairnie/collairnie.html