Tour Scotland Photograph Fernie Castle

Tour Scotland photograph of Fernie Castle, North East Fife, Scotland. The ancient Castle of Fernie was first recorded in 1353 when it belonged to the Earl of Fife. Situated just east of the village of Letham, it was originally in an L-plan layout. However, the house has been much altered and extended since, notably additions made in the Scottish baronial style in the nineteenth century.



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Tour Scotland Autumn Photograph Deer Stag Sculpture Fernie Castle

Tour Scotland Autumn photograph of a Deer Stag sculpture in the grounds of Fernie Castle, North East Fife, Scotland. The west tower of the castle is said to be haunted by A Green Lady, a girl who ran off with her lover. They sought refuge in the castle, but were discovered by her father's men, as her father disapproved of her lover. The woman fell three floors from the west tower to her death. Fernie was a property of the MacDuff Earls of Fife, but passed to the Balfour family, then by the 15th century to the Fernies. The castle went by marriage to the Lovells, who in 1586 sold it to the Arnots, but then passed by marriage back to the Balfours. The Balfours were forfeited for their part in the Jacobite Rising of 1715 although they recovered the property in 1720. In recent years the castle has become a hotel.



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