- Scotstarvit Tower
Scotstarvit Tower is a
tower house inFife ,Scotland . It is situated convert|2|mi|km south ofCupar , between Tarvit Hill and Walton Hill, south of the River Eden, near the A916.The six-storey L-plan tower, still largely intact, was built in the third quarter of the 16th century by the Inglis family. It was bought, in 1611, by Sir John Scot, author of the satirical "The Staggering State of the Scots' Statesmen". Scot rebuilt the tower in the 1620s. Scotstarvit later passed to the Wemyss family, and in 1948 it was given to the
National Trust for Scotland , and it is now in the care ofHistoric Scotland . The castle is aScheduled Ancient Monument , [cite web|url=http://hsewsf.sedsh.gov.uk/eschedule/show?ID=90274&OK=Y |title=The monument known as Scotstarvit Tower |date=1999 |accessdate=2008-07-14] and a category Alisted building .cite web |url=http://hsewsf.sedsh.gov.uk/hslive/portal.hsstart?P_HBNUM=2416 |title=Scotstarvit Tower, Listed Building Report |publisher=Historic Scotland |accessdate=2008-07-14]References
External links
* [http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/cupar/scotstarvittower/index.htm Undiscovered Scotland page on Scotstarvit Tower]
*historic-scotland-link|242ee also
*
List of places in Fife
*Hill of Tarvit
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