Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Balcomie Castle

Balcomie Castle, ancient castle, now a farm house, E. Fifeshire, 2 miles from Crail; the residence of Mary of Guise, in 1538, on her landing at Fife Ness to be married to James V.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "ancient castle, now a farm house"   (ADL Feature Type: "fortifications")
Administrative units: Fife ScoCnty
Place: Balcomie

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