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Burleigh Castle is a 16th-century fortified tower house located in Kinross-shire, Scotland. The castle consists of a substantial stone keep with defensive features characteristic of the period, including thick walls and a confined ground plan designed for military security. Built during the early modern period, the structure reflects the architectural preferences of Scottish landowners who required both residential comfort and protective fortification against the volatile political circumstances of the era. The site remains an important example of domestic military architecture from Renaissance Scotland and demonstrates the continued strategic importance of tower house design in the Scottish lowlands during the 1500s.
Burleigh Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM90045. View the official record →
Burleigh Castle is a 16th-century fortified tower house located in Kinross-shire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM90045.
Burleigh Castle is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM90045.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Classlochie, souterrain 320m NE of (4.9 km), Classlochie, ring-ditches 300m ESE of (5.1 km), Hatchbank, souterrain 450m NNW of (5.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Burleigh Castle's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Burleigh Castle stands on Stratheden Group, bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.