Knockdavie Castle
Ruined 17th-century house in Fife, Scotland
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Knockdavie Castle is a now-ruined 17th-century house in Burntisland parish, Fife, Scotland.[1] The name probably derives from the Gaelic cnoc dubh -in "(place of the) black hill(ock)",[2] with cnoc dabhoch “the hill farm” another theory.[3] It is recorded under the alternative name of Stenhouse (stone house) in 1561, which survives in the name of the modern day adjacent farmhouse.[4][5] It is said to have belonged, in the seventeenth century, to a Douglas, recorded in an appendix to The Scots Worthies as an opponent of the Covenanters.[6][7][8]
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LocationBurntisland, Fife, Scotland
GoverningbodyHistoric Environment Scotland
| Knockdavie Castle | |
|---|---|
Ruins of Knockdavie Castle | |
 Interactive map of Knockdavie Castle | |
| 56.08022°N 3.26797°W | |
| Location | Burntisland, Fife, Scotland |
| Site notes | |
| Governing body | Historic Environment Scotland |
Official name | Knockdavie Castle |
| Designated | 20 January 1992 |
| Reference no. | SM5251 |
