The remaining towers of the imposing Ravenscraig Castle are now dwarfed by the nearby 1960s residential tower blocks.
Ravenscraig Castle overlooks the sea at the eastern edge of Kirkcaldy which predates Ravenscraig Castle by at least four hundred years. However, since the castle was built the town has reached out to envelop it. The castle was built by James II in the 1450s. James had a passion for artillery, which proved his downfall in 1460. At Ravenscraig he wanted a castle that could withstand the latest guns then available. The result is a structure whose landward face is made up mostly of two massive, and massively thick, D-shaped towers linked by a range containing the main door. This is set in the wall high above the deep moat cut directly into the rock of the headland and from where you can really appreciate just how magnificent and brutally powerful Ravenscraig Castle must have been in its heyday. The remaining towers are now dwarfed by the nearby 1960s residential tower blocks.
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Location: Kirkcaldy Fife Scotland UK United Kingdom GB Great Britain Europe
Photo credit: © Ben Cleuch / Alamy / Afripics
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