Archaeology Notes

Event ID 733867

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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(NO 6106 0697) Cunningham's Castle (NR) (Site of)

OS 6" map (1912-38)

Upon the point of land a little to the SW of Crail harbour there are some traces of a building which has given the name of Castle Hyne to a small creek or inlet among the rocks.

OSA 1793

A small summer house projecting into the sea at Castlehaven (Crail) points to the spot where Sir Neil Cunningham, an elder of the house of Barns, entertained his followers. The ruins of the castle were pulled down in 1839.

NSA 1845.

In 1376, the lands of West Barns passed to Neil Cunningham. Writing of the years about 1618, Wood states "the residence of Cunningham at that time was at Castle Haven, a house built on the promontory immediately W of Crail".

W Wood 1887

No trace and no further information.

Visited by OS (WDJ) 27 August 1968