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Sir Andrew Wood's Tower at Largo House is a sixteenth-century residential tower in Fife, built upon bedrock of the Clackmannan Group, sedimentary strata deposited during the Westphalian period. The tower stands as a tangible record of substantial domestic architecture from the early modern Scottish period, when such fortified dwellings served both as functional residences and symbols of local power and status.
The tower occupies a site where Carboniferous-age sedimentary rocks underlie the structure, providing solid geological foundations typical of the solid geology across this region of Fife. The Clackmannan Group strata that form the bedrock at Largo House would have been accessible for building stone, as quarrying such local sedimentary deposits was common practice in contemporary Scottish tower house construction.
The monument is scheduled under Historic Environment Scotland's protection register as SM874, recognising its significance as an archaeological and architectural asset. The tower remains an important example of sixteenth-century domestic building traditions in the East Neuk of Fife, contributing to the understanding of how landholding families of the period expressed their status and authority through architectural investment during a formative era of Scottish social development.
Sir Andrew Wood's Tower, Largo House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM874. View the official record →
Sir Andrew Wood's Tower at Largo House is a sixteenth-century residential tower in Fife, built upon bedrock of the Clackmannan Group, sedimentary strata deposited during the Westphalian period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM874.
Sir Andrew Wood's Tower, Largo House 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 SM874.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Largo Parish Church,cross slab (0.4 km), Pitcruvie Castle (1.3 km), Standing Stones of Lundin, Lundin Links (1.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Sir Andrew Wood's Tower, Largo House's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Sir Andrew Wood's Tower, Largo House stands on Clackmannan Group, bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is sedimentary rock cycles, clackmannan group type.