Tour Scotland 4K late Autumn travel video of Balcomie Castle on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to the East Neuk of Fife. This Scottish castle is a 6th Century L-plan tower house of five storeys and a garret, to which has been added an 18th century house, it is located near Crail. Begun in the 16th century, the castle has had various owners and Mary of Guise stayed there on her way to marry King James V. At one time it had fine plaster ceilings but these were taken to Ayrshire to be incorporated into Dean Castle. The ghost in Balcomie Castle is reputed to be of a young man who was starved to death in the castle, because he would not stop whistling ! The estate belonged to the Hays in 1278 and 1375, then James Learmonth was given the lands of Balcomie in 1526. The gatehouse has the date 1602 and the arms of another John Learmonth and his wife Elizabeth Myreton. It later became owned by the Hopes in 1705 before passing to the Scotts of Scotstarvit before being obtained by the Erskine Earls of Kellie
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