Killernie Castle

Heritage listing

Date Added 27/08/2020 Type Secular: castle Local Authority Fife Planning Authority Fife Parish Saline NGR NT 03210 92430 Coordinates 303210, 692430 — The monument comprises the remains of a Z-plan tower house and enclosure. It survives as two ruinous stone towers; the turf covered footings of the main block; the remains of a substantial revetted enclosure and buried features below the present ground surface. The Z-plan tower dates to the late 16th century with documentary evidence suggesting that Killernie had been the site of a castle from before the second quarter of the 14th century. It sits on a bedrock outcrop beneath Saline Hill above Saline Glen. The tower house includes a circular tower in the northwest and southeast corners of a rectangular hall. The northwest tower survives to approximately 2m in height with three circular splayed gun loops. The southeast tower retains only its northernmost wall. It survives to around 1.5m in height. Between these are the turf footings of the main block of the tower house. To the south of the tower there is a large enclosure which is likely to represent a courtyard. A revetted wall survives on the south and west sides of this courtyard. It is up to six courses high and measures approximately 70m in length. The scheduled area is irregular. It includes the remains described above and an area around within which evidence relating to the monument s construction, use and abandonment is expected to survive, as shown in red on the accompanying map. The monument specifically excludes the above ground elements of all modern post and wire fencing.

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.