Archaeology Notes

Event ID 685425

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NO21SW 9 2203 1031.

(NO 2203 1031 Cairneyflappet Castle (NR) (Site of)

OS 6"map, (1938)

Moat (NR)

OS 6"map, Fife, 1st ed., (1854)

Cairneyflappet Castle was mentioned in 1420 and 1509, and was demolished in 1734 (A H Millar 1895).

The remains of a large moat surrounded the castle (J M Leighton 1840).

J M Leighton 1840; A H Millar 1895.

There are no traces of this castle to be seen.

Visited by OS (R D) 31 March 1967.