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Pitmilly House
Fortified House (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Pitmilly House
Classification Fortified House (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Pitmilly Hotel
Canmore ID 34391
Site Number NO51SE 25
NGR NO 5797 1340
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/34391
- Council Fife
- Parish Kingsbarns
- Former Region Fife
- Former District North East Fife
- Former County Fife
NO51SE 25 5797 1340.
The lands of Pitmilly, with the fortalice, manor place etc., are recorded in 1600.
Reg Magni Sig Reg Scot 1593-1608
NO 5797 1340. About 155.0m SSE of Pitmilly Hotel is a drystone wall, 30.0m long, 0.3m thick and 1.9m high, said to be the the site of an earlier building by Mrs Douglas, a member of the family who once owned the Pitmilly Estate (N C Ogilvie, owner, Pitmilly Hotel, Boarhills), but having the appearance of a garden wall. Some fragments of masonry protrude through the grass 13.0m to the SW.
Visited by OS (DS) 15 October 1956
The grounds of Pitmilly Hotel have been cleared and are now under cultivation. There are no traces of building remains.
Visited by OS (EGC) 28 August 1968
See also NO51SE 43 57791 13612 Pitmilly Gate Lodge
Demolished c.1967-8
ARCHITECT:
Robert Balfour (incorporating earlier house)
c.1818
