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was accidentally burnt down in the time of 

 Charles II., of which a great part of the, naked 

 and mouldering walls still remain. Of the rest, 

 few vestiges are now to be seen. 



Betbunes Tower, near Melville house, has 

 evidently been a part of a much more extensive 

 building, the remains of which can, at this day, 

 be easily traced. The age of this old fabric can- 

 not be ascertained. But Cardinal Bethune re- 

 paired it, and occasionally resided in it. The 

 arms of the Bethunes, and several heads of the 

 Cardinal in his cap, are still distinctly seen on 

 the wall. The Earl of Leven, whose property 

 it now is, is careful to preserve and keep in re- 

 pair this venerable relic gf antiquity. 



The Castle of Rosythe, in the parish of Iiwer- 

 keithing, is built upon a rock, which is sur- 

 roumled by the sea at full tide. It consists of a 

 a large square tower, with some low ruinous 

 buildings adjoining, and has the appearance of 

 being a part of a much larger fabric. On diffe- 

 rent parts of the walls, several pieces of sculpture 

 still remain, and some inscriptions continue dis- 

 tinctly legible. This castle was anciently the 

 seat of the Stewarts of Rosyth, lineally descend- 

 ed from James Stewart, brother-german to Wal- 

 ter the great steward of Scotland, and father to 

 King Robert. After having changed its own- 

 ers several times, it came at last into the hands 

 of the Earl of Hopeton, whose property it .now is. 



The Castle of Locborr, an old ruin, stands in 

 the middle of the loch of that name in the pa- 

 rish of Balingry. It was built by a Duncan 

 Lochorr in the days of King Malcolm III., and 

 consisted of a strong tower and many lower hou> 



