Historic houses · Scottish Highlands
Scotstarvit Tower
Scotstarvit Tower in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.
Jo Turner — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Scotstarvit Tower is a place of interest in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Scotstarvit Tower is a tower house in Fife, Scotland. It is situated 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Cupar, between Tarvit Hill and Walton Hill, south of the River Eden, and west of the A916 road.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The six-storey L-plan tower, still largely intact, was built in the third quarter of the 16th century by the Inglis family. It was bought, in 1611, by Sir John Scot, author of the satirical The Staggering State of the Scots' Statesmen. Scot rebuilt the tower in the 1620s. Scotstarvit later passed to the Wemyss family, and in 1948 it was placed in the guardianship of the National Trust for Scotland, and it is now in the care of Historic Environment Scotland. The castle is a Scheduled Ancient Monument. Major General John Scott inherited the tower from his father David Scott in 1766 and died here in 1775.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 56.2896, -3.0171
- District
- Fife
- Postcode
- KY15 5PA
- Parliamentary constituency
- North East Fife
Sources
- wikidata: Q7435808 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Scotstarvit Tower (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Scotstarvit Tower?
- Scotstarvit Tower is in Scottish Highlands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 56.2896°, -3.0171°.
- Is Scotstarvit Tower wheelchair accessible?
- Partially — OpenStreetMap notes limited wheelchair access at Scotstarvit Tower. Check ahead for specific facilities.