Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Balcruvie or Pitcruvie

Balcruvie or Pitcruvie, an ancient castle, now reduced to one square tower in Largo parish, Fife, on Keil Burn, 1½ mile N by W of Lower Largo village. It was built by Sir John Lindsay, an ancestor of the Earls of Crawford.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

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Feature Description: "an ancient castle, now reduced to one square tower"   (ADL Feature Type: "historical sites")
Administrative units: Largo Parish       Fife County
Place names: BALCRUVIE     |     BALCRUVIE OR PITCRUVIE     |     PITCRUVIE

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