Grange Of Balmerino Abbey
Grange (Medieval)
Site Name Grange Of Balmerino Abbey
Classification Grange (Medieval)
Canmore ID 31737
Site Number NO32SE 11
NGR NO 360 228
NGR Description NO c. 360 228
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Fife
- Parish Balmerino
- Former Region Fife
- Former District North East Fife
- Former County Fife
NO32SE 11 c. 360 228
See also NO32SE 2.00..
(Area NO 360 228) The present farm of Grange is the site of a grange (of Balmerino Abbey) the lands of which were divided into two estates after the Reformation. The W half was named New Grange and, in a charter of 1572 concerning it, mention is made of a principal 'house pr hall' Campbell believed that this was a house of some pretension probably built as the residence of the master of the grange. It continued to be the mansion house of the Balfours at least until 1686. About 40 years ago (about 1859) an old granary was demolished which might have been part of the ancient grange. This granary may have been the long roofless building shown on the 6-inch map of 1855-66 at NO 3600 2282.
J Campbell 1899
No further information.
Visited by OS (RD) 11 June 1970.
External Reference (20 March 2019)
Information received from a member of the public:
The archaeology notes in the current entry state that the grange was divided after the Reformation, with the W half being named 'New Grange'. There is a reference to Newgrange in a tack of teinds issued by the Abbot of Balmerino in 1551 (National Records of Scotland, GD137/2269, Scrymgeour Wedderburn of Wedderburn papers), suggesting that the division occurred no later than this date, rather than after the Reformation.
Information submitted to HES by a member of the public, 20 March 2019
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