Publication Account
Date 1981
Event ID 1017819
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Publication Account
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1017819
The history of the castle of Cupar is unclear and the known historical facts about it cannot be stated succinctly. In 1296 the castle was in the hands of Edward I and seven years later, his son Edward, the Prince of Wales, lodged in it. A Sir William Bullock was keeper of the castle from 1335 to 1339 and about this latter date a siege was raised and Bulloch had to send to Edinburgh for reinforcements. It is believed that the structure was destroyed on the orders of David II (Lamb, 1895, i; 122). Tradition points to Castle (or School) Hill as the site of Cupar Castle.
Information from ‘Historic Cupar: The Archaeological Implications of Development’ (1981).