Scotstarvit Tower Fife Scotland

Tour Scotland Spring 4K travel video of Scotstarvit Tower, a tower house, on visit to Fife. It is situated 2 miles South of Cupar, between Tarvit Hill and Walton Hill, South of the River Eden, near the A916 road. The six storey L plan tower, still largely intact, was built in the third quarter of the 16th century by the Inglis family. It was bought, in 1611, by Sir John Scot, author of the satirical The Staggering State of the Scots' Statesmen. Scot rebuilt the tower in the 1620s. Scotstarvit later passed to the Wemyss family. Major General John Scott of Balcomie and Scotstarvit, born 1725, died 1775, was a Scottish politician and senior British Army officer. He was nicknamed Pawky Scott. Pawky is Scots for sly, shrewd or one who tricks you. He was born at Balcomie House near Crail in Fife, the son of David Scott of Scotstarvit Tower and his wife Lucy Gordon. He joined the British Army in 1741 as an ensign in the 12th Regiment of Foot and rose via different regiments to the rank of Major general in 1770. He served as Colonel of the 108th regiment of Foot from 1762 to 1763 and as Colonel of the 26th, Cameronian) Regiment of Foot from 1763 to his death. He was the Member of Parliament for Caithness from 1754 to 1761, for Tain Burghs from 1761 to 1768, and for Fife from 1768 until his death on 7 December 1775. Im 1766 he inherited Scotstarvit Tower on the death of his father. A successful gambler, he purchased Denmylne Castle in Fife in 1772. Not requiring the castle itself he allowed it to fall into a state of disrepair. He died at Scotstarvit in 1775.

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