No maintenance was carried out and it gradually slipped into a state of dereliction. The castle was inherited by Henderson of Fordell. His footsteps are said to be heard on the spiral stairs of Earlshall to this day. An officer of Claverhouse’s dragoons he won the Battle of Killecrackie and earned his name in his brutal putting down of the Covenanters. Sir Andrew the Bloody Bruce was the most notorious Baron of Earlshall. The Baron would sit directly beneath the royal coat of arms when holding his Courts of Barony – signifying that his powers of justice came directly from the King. Painted the full length of the 50 foot long roof are the coats of arms of European royalty, Scottish noble families and imaginary nobles. William, and Agnes Lindsay were responsible for the painted ceiling in the Long Gallery. Both monarchs would have ridden from the royal palace of Falkland to hunt at Earlshall.Īlexander Bruce had his marriage commemorated on the granite fireplace in the Great Hall. Later James VI of Scotland who became James I of England also visited. Sir William Bruce received Mary Queen of Scots at Earlshall in 1561. ![]() ![]() Musket loops and smaller windows were provided in strategic places as an insurance against armed incursion. The castle was built with large windows rather than narrow slit windows used for defence. ![]() Sir William Bruce began building the castle in 1546. Jamie Macnab ¦ Savills Country Houses Team ¦ +44 (0) 1Ībout This 1546 Earlshall Castle For Sale In Fife ScotlandĮarlshall takes its name from the hunting lodge of ‘The Erlishall’ owned by the Earls of Fife, relatives of King Robert de Bruce.
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