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Lochore Castle is a 14th-century fortified residence located in Fife, Scotland, situated on a promontory overlooking Loch Ore. The castle comprises the substantial remains of a rectangular stone tower house with associated outbuildings, representing a typical defensive structure of its period. The site reflects the strategic importance of controlling access to the loch during the medieval period and demonstrates the architectural conventions of Scottish baronial fortification common among the landholding families of central Fife.
Lochore Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM858. View the official record →
Lochore Castle is a 14th-century fortified residence located in Fife, Scotland, situated on a promontory overlooking Loch Ore. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM858.
Lochore 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 SM858.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Clune Craig, hut-circles and enclosures (0.7 km), Mary Colliery winding gear head frame, 775m NW of Lochore Castle (0.8 km), Cumbrae House, ring-ditches 200m NNE of (2.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Lochore 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.
Lochore Castle stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is mafic igneous-rock.