Balgonie Castle

Balgonie Castle is located on the south bank of the River Leven near Milton of Balgonie, 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) east of Glenrothes, Fife, Scotland. The castle keep dates from the 14th century, and the remaining structures were added piecemeal until the 18th century. The keep has been recently restored, although other parts of the castle are roofless ruins. Balgonie, excepting the tower which is used for residential purposes, is a Scheduled Ancient Monument. This castle is the subject for several ghostlore stories, including a green lady story.

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  battle of the Second War of Scottish Independence

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  1335 battle

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  Battle of the Firth of Forth ⓘ
  1489 naval battle

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  1520 battle

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  Siege of St Andrews Castle ⓘ
  1546-47 Siege of St Andrews Castle during the Rough Wooing

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  Battle of Pinkie ⓘ
  1547 Anglo-Scottish battle

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  Siege of Leith ⓘ
  1560 Siege at Leith

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  Battle of Inverkeithing ⓘ
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  battle in Scotland during the Jacobite rising of 1745

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  battle in Fife, Scotland, UK

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  Argyle Battery, Edinburgh Castle ⓘ
  artillery battery in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

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  Artillery Fortifications, Inchkeith ⓘ
  architectural structure in Fife, Scotland, UK

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  Balgonie Castle, artillery fortification ⓘ
  architectural structure in Fife, Scotland, UK

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  Braefoot Point Battery ⓘ
  architectural structure in Fife, Scotland, UK

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  Charles Hill, Monks' Cave storehouse, military camp and battery ⓘ
  architectural structure in Fife, Scotland, UK

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  Dalmeny Battery ⓘ
  architectural structure in City of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

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  Downing Point, battery and camp 100m S of 22 The Inches ⓘ
  architectural structure in Fife, Scotland, UK

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  Edinburgh Castle, Butts Battery ⓘ
  artillery battery in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

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  Edinburgh Castle, Dury's Battery ⓘ
  artillery battery in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

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  Edinburgh Castle, Forewall Battery ⓘ
  artillery battery in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

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  Edinburgh Castle, Half Moon Battery ⓘ
  artillery battery in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

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  Edinburgh Castle, Low Defence ⓘ
  artillery battery in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

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  Edinburgh Castle, Mills Mount Battery ⓘ
  artillery battery in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

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  Hound Point Battery, 150m W of Fishery Cottage ⓘ
  architectural structure in City of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

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  Leith Links, artillery mounds ⓘ
  artillery battery in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

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  33 East Port, Dunfermline ⓘ
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  79, 81, 83, 85, 87 St Stephen Street, Edinburgh ⓘ
  air-raid shelter in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

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  Barnton Quarry ⓘ
  disused stone quarry in Scotland, formerly containing a Regional Seat of Government nuclear bunker

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  Craigiehall Anti-Aircraft Operations Room ⓘ
  building in City of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

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  Edinburgh R4 ROTOR Sector Operations Command headquarters ⓘ
  architectural structure in City of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

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  Pollock Institute of Physical Education Psychology, Pleasance, Edinburgh ⓘ
  air-raid shelter in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

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  Shrubhill Tramway Workshops and Power Station, Shrub Place Lane, Leith Walk, Edinburgh ⓘ
  air-raid shelter in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

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  South Queensferry Air Raid Shelter ⓘ
  WWII air raid shelter in Scotland

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  Scotland's Secret Bunker ⓘ
  underground bunker near Anstruther, Fife, Scotland, now a museum  

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  Ardross Castle ⓘ
  castle in Fife, Scotland, UK  

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  Balgonie Castle ⓘ
  castle in Fife, Scotland, UK  

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  Balvaird Castle ⓘ
  castle in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK  

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  Burleigh Castle ⓘ
  tower house in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK  

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  Byres Castle ⓘ
  castle located at Byres, in East Lothian, Scotland, UK  

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  Creich Castle ⓘ
  castle in Fife, Scotland, UK  

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  Dirleton Castle ⓘ
  castle in East Lothian, Scotland, UK  

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  Dunfermline Palace ⓘ
  ruined former royal palace in Scotland  

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  Elcho Castle ⓘ
  tower house in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK  

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  Falkland Palace ⓘ
  castle in Fife, Scotland, UK  

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  Fenton Tower ⓘ
  architectural structure in East Lothian, Scotland, UK  

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  Moncur Castle ⓘ
  castle in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK  

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  Preston Tower ⓘ
  castle in East Lothian, Scotland, UK  

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  Scotstarvit Tower ⓘ
  castle in Fife, Scotland, UK  

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  Seton Castle ⓘ
  castle in East Lothian, Scotland, UK

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  Edinburgh Castle ⓘ
  castle in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK  

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  St Andrews Castle ⓘ
  castle in Fife, Scotland, UK  

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  Craigmillar Castle ⓘ
  castle in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK  

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  Loch Leven Castle ⓘ
  medieval castle, now ruined, in Loch Leven, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK  

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  Kellie Castle ⓘ
  castle near Pittenweem, in Fife, Scotland, UK  

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  Castle Huntly ⓘ
  castle in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK  

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  Ravenscraig Castle ⓘ
  castle in Fife, Scotland, UK  

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  Seafield Tower ⓘ
  architectural structure in Fife, Scotland, UK

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  Leith Fort ⓘ
  fort in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

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  Naval And Military Museum, Edinburgh Castle ⓘ
  military museum in City of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK  

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  National War Museum ⓘ
  Museum in Scotland  

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  HMY Britannia ⓘ
  1953 royal yacht

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  HMS Bayonet ⓘ
  1938 Net-class boom defence vessel

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  HMS Ivanhoe ⓘ
  1898 naval trawler

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  SMS München ⓘ
  1904 Bremen-class cruiser

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  HMS Campania ⓘ
  1914 seaplane tender

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  USS Stockton ⓘ
  1917 Caldwell-class destroyer

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  Tally Toor ⓘ
  Martello Tower in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

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1953 Scotland's Secret Bunker

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1200 Edinburgh Castle

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1300 Loch Leven Castle

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1360 Kellie Castle

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1452 Castle Huntly

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1460 Ravenscraig Castle

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1542 Seafield Tower

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1933 National War Museum

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1953 — 1997 HMY Britannia

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1914 HMS Campania

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1810 Tally Toor

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• Balgonie Castle - article published in 2013, online
• Excavations at Balgonie Castle, Markinch, Fife - article published in 1995, online
• Excavations at Balgonie Castle, Markinch, Fife - article published in 1995, online
• Balgonie Castle - article published in 1979

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	596	Battle of Raith	Angles, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1332	Battle of Wester Kinghorn	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1335	Battle of Boroughmuir	battle, Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Scotland	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1489	Battle of the Firth of Forth	Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Scotland, naval battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1520	Cleanse the Causeway	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1546	Siege of St Andrews Castle	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1547	Battle of Pinkie	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1560	Siege of Leith	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1567	Battle of Carberry Hill	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1651	Battle of Inverkeithing	battle, Kingdom of Scotland, Commonwealth of England	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1715	Skirmish of Dunfermline	skirmish	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1745	Battle of Prestonpans	Kingdom of Great Britain, Jacobitism, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1939	Battle of the River Forth	United Kingdom, Nazi Germany, battle	Wikidata
link	page		Cultural Inventory page@		Wikidata
link	page		Canmore page@		Wikidata
link	page		British Listed Buildings page@		Wikidata
link	page		Historic Environment Scotland page@		Wikidata
link	page		Sketchfab page@	Balgonie Castle	Wikidata
link	page		Tripadvisor page@		Wikidata
organisation	factory	1918	Burntisland Shipbuilding Company	shipyard, shipbuilding, business	Wikidata
organisation	shipbuilding		Scott of Kinghorn	shipbuilding, business	Wikidata
organisation	shipbuilding company	1877	Ramage & Ferguson	shipbuilding company	Wikidata
organisation	shipbuilding company	1918	Henry Robb	shipbuilding, shipbuilding company	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Argyle Battery, Edinburgh Castle	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Artillery Fortifications, Inchkeith	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Balgonie Castle, artillery fortification	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Braefoot Point Battery	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Charles Hill, Monks' Cave storehouse, military camp and battery	artillery battery, military base	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Dalmeny Battery	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Downing Point, battery and camp 100m S of 22 The Inches	artillery battery, military base	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Edinburgh Castle, Butts Battery	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Edinburgh Castle, Dury's Battery	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Edinburgh Castle, Forewall Battery	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Edinburgh Castle, Half Moon Battery	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Edinburgh Castle, Low Defence	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Edinburgh Castle, Mills Mount Battery	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Hound Point Battery, 150m W of Fishery Cottage	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Leith Links, artillery mounds	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery	1914	Downing Point Battery	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery	1915	Braefoot Battery	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	bunker		16, 17, 18 West Preston Street, Edinburgh	air-raid shelter	Wikidata
site	bunker		33 East Port, Dunfermline	air-raid shelter	Wikidata
site	bunker		79, 81, 83, 85, 87 St Stephen Street, Edinburgh	air-raid shelter	Wikidata
site	bunker		Barnton Quarry	Royal Air Force station, bunker, quarry	Wikidata
site	bunker		Craigiehall Anti-Aircraft Operations Room	command center, bunker, blockhouse	Wikidata
site	bunker		Edinburgh R4 ROTOR Sector Operations Command headquarters	ROTOR R4 bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker		Pollock Institute of Physical Education Psychology, Pleasance, Edinburgh	sports institute, air-raid shelter	Wikidata
site	bunker		Shrubhill Tramway Workshops and Power Station, Shrub Place Lane, Leith Walk, Edinburgh	air-raid shelter	Wikidata
site	bunker		South Queensferry Air Raid Shelter	air-raid shelter	Wikidata
site	bunker	1953	Scotland's Secret Bunker	museum, bunker	Wikidata
site	castle		Ardross Castle	castle	Wikidata
site	castle		Balgonie Castle	castle	Wikidata
site	castle		Balvaird Castle	castle	Wikidata
site	castle		Burleigh Castle	tower house	Wikidata
site	castle		Byres Castle	bastle house	Wikidata
site	castle		Creich Castle	tower house	Wikidata
site	castle		Dirleton Castle	Historic Environment Scotland, tower house	Wikidata
site	castle		Dunfermline Palace	Historic Environment Scotland, castle	Wikidata
site	castle		Elcho Castle	tower house	Wikidata
site	castle		Falkland Palace	castle, country house, National Trust for Scotland	Wikidata
site	castle		Fenton Tower	tower house	Wikidata
site	castle		Moncur Castle	fortified house, castle	Wikidata
site	castle		Preston Tower	tower house	Wikidata
site	castle		Scotstarvit Tower	tower house	Wikidata
site	castle		Seton Castle	castle	Wikidata
site	castle	1200	Edinburgh Castle	Historic Environment Scotland, building complex, archaeological site, tourist attraction, museum, castle	Wikidata
site	castle	1200	St Andrews Castle	Historic Environment Scotland, castle	Wikidata
site	castle	1300	Craigmillar Castle	Historic Environment Scotland, castle	Wikidata
site	castle	1300	Loch Leven Castle	castle	Wikidata
site	castle	1360	Kellie Castle	National Trust for Scotland, castle	Wikidata
site	castle	1452	Castle Huntly	prison, castle	Wikidata
site	castle	1460	Ravenscraig Castle	castle	Wikidata
site	castle	1542	Seafield Tower	tower house	Wikidata
site	fort		Leith Fort	fort, barracks	Wikidata
site	museum		Naval And Military Museum, Edinburgh Castle	military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1933	National War Museum	national museum, military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1953	HMY Britannia	royal yacht, preserved watercraft, museum ship, tripadvisor	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		HMS Bayonet	boom defence vessel, Net-class boom defence vessel, shipwreck	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		HMS Ivanhoe	naval trawler, shipwreck	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS München	light cruiser, shipwreck, Bremen-class cruiser	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1914	HMS Campania	shipwreck, seaplane tender	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1917	USS Stockton	Town-class destroyer, Caldwell-class destroyer, destroyer, shipwreck	Wikidata
site	tower	1810	Tally Toor	Martello tower	Wikidata
commons	image		Scotia Depicta - Balgonie Castle -Plate-		Commons
commons	image		Balgonie Castle near Markinch		Commons
commons	image		Balgonie Castle near Markinch		Commons
commons	image		Balgonie Castle		Commons
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commons	image		BalgonieCastle05		Commons
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commons	image		Balgonie Castle		Commons