Kellie Castle, a charming visitor site close to Scotland's Fife Coast
Kellie Castle, Fife This evening, I am posting information on Kellie Castle and its gardens. The castle is located about three miles from Pittenweem in the East Neuk of Fife (east of Scotland) and thus fits nicely with the Fife Coast ‘tourist trail’ between Edinburgh and St. Andrews which includes St. Monans and Crail . Parts of the Castle (north tower) date from 1360 but the substance of the structure dates from the 16th century. There is an inscription on the south-facing wall dated 1573 which refers to the time when Margaret Hay was assigned the estate at Kellie as a dower by her husband Lawrence, the fourth Lord Oliphant. The Castle today is a legacy of Professor James Lorimer who, together with his family, embarked on a project in 1878 to restore the roofless and ruinous building which he succeeded in achieving. Relapse into another ruinous period was narrowly avoided in 1936 when the garden-loving Mary MacLeod Wylie and her sculptor husb...