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Scotstarvit Tower is a five-storey square tower house situated near Cupar in Fife, dating to the early seventeenth century. Built around 1604-1611 by Sir John Scott of Scotstarvit, the tower exemplifies the fortified domestic architecture of early modern Scotland, featuring thick stone walls and corner turrets characteristic of the period. The tower was constructed adjacent to an earlier castle complex and served as both a residence and defensive structure for the Scott family, prominent landowners in Fife. Today the tower remains substantially intact, standing as a well-preserved example of Scottish Renaissance architecture and providing evidence of the social status and building practices of the Lowland gentry during the early Stuart period.
Scotstarvit Tower is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM90274. View the official record →
Scotstarvit Tower is a five-storey square tower house situated near Cupar in Fife, dating to the early seventeenth century. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM90274.
Scotstarvit Tower 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 SM90274.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Struthers Castle, castle, park and doocot (1.7 km), Ramornie Mains, roundhouse 650m ENE of (4.5 km), Down Law,fort 350m S of Downfield,Coaltown of Burnturk (4.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Scotstarvit Tower'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.
Scotstarvit Tower stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is dolerite and tholeiitic basalt.