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Denmylne Castle

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Denmylne Castle[3](15th century?), about a mile south-east of Newburgh at 56°20′39″N 3°12′55″W on the Cupar road, was the home for more than 250 years of the Balfour of Denmylne family, of which the two brothers, James (1600–1657), the annalist and Lord Lyon, and Andrew (1630–1694), founder of the Botanic Garden in Edinburgh, were the most distinguished members. The castle was abandoned in 1772 when the estate was sold and now stands within a 19th-century steading whose construction will have necessitated the removal of the castle's subsidiary buildings. It has been unroofed for at least 200 years and is in an increasingly dangerous state of disrepair. A lintel dated 1620 has been re-used in one of the steading's building.

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