Historic houses · Central Scotland
Knockdavie Castle
Knockdavie Castle — house in Fife, Scotland, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- Burntisland · 3.3 km
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Knockdavie Castle is a historic house in the United Kingdom — typically a country seat, manor, or town house with notable architecture or history. Heritage designation: scheduled monument. Wikidata describes it as: "house in Fife, Scotland, UK". Coordinates: 56.0806°, -3.2675°.
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From the Wikipedia article
Knockdavie Castle is a now-ruined 17th-century house in Burntisland parish, Fife, Scotland. The name probably derives from the Gaelic cnoc dubh -in "(place of the) black hill(ock)", with cnoc dabhoch “the hill farm” another theory. It is recorded under the alternative name of Stenhouse (stone house) in 1561, which survives in the name of the modern day adjacent farmhouse. It is said to have belonged, in the seventeenth century, to a Douglas, recorded in an appendix to The Scots Worthies as an opponent of the Covenanters.
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- Coordinates
- 56.0806, -3.2675
- District
- Fife
- Postcode
- KY2 5XB
- Parliamentary constituency
- Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy
- Nearest railway station
- Burntisland — 3.3 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q6422840 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Knockdavie Castle (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Knockdavie Castle (geograph 4663654).jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Knockdavie Castle?
- Knockdavie Castle is in central Scotland, United Kingdom (postcode KY2 5XB).
- Who owns Knockdavie Castle?
- Knockdavie Castle is owned by | designation1 = Scheduled Monument.
- Is Knockdavie Castle a listed building?
- Knockdavie Castle is officially recognised as scheduled monument listed.
- How do I get to Knockdavie Castle?
- The nearest railway station is Burntisland, about 3.3 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode KY2 5XB.