Spring Ballinbreich Castle River Tay North Fife Scotland

Tour Scotland Spring 4K travel video of Ballinbreich Castle by the River Tay near Newburgh on visit to North Fife. A ruined Scottish tower house castle which was built in the 13th century by Clan Leslie. It is a three storey L-plan castle that overlooks the Firth of Tay. In 1763, the family seat in Fife, Leslie House, burned down, and in order to fund repairs the Earl of Rothes sold Ballinbreich in Fife to Sir Lawrence Dundas for £20,000. Dundas recouped his money by selling timber from the estate to that value, and his descendants, who gained a title in Shetland, chose not to live in the castle, which was allowed to become derelict and the masonry plundered for other buildings. The overgrown condition of the castle means it is not open to the public as it is in a dangerous condition. From 1457 the Clan Chief of Clan Leslie also held the position of Earl of Rothes. The progenitor of the Clan Leslie is a man named Bartolf who was a nobleman from Hungary, who came to Scotland in 1067. Bartolf was in the retinue of Edgar the Ætheling, brother of Saint Margaret of Scotland, who was later the queen of Malcolm III of Scotland. Bartholf later married King Malcolm III's sister, Princess Beatrix of Scotland.

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