~0 AGRICULTURAL SURVEF OF chap. Iff* 



ses, all enclosed by a wall washed by the water 

 of the loch. In process of time, Wardlaw of 

 Tory, by marrying the heiress of Balingry, got 

 a right to this castle ; and before the time of 

 Charles I, it was the chief mansion-house of that 

 family. This ruin formed a beautiful object irt 

 the loch before it was drained* 



Seafidd Tatjucr is. an old ruin in the parish of 

 Kinghorn, standing on a rock close by the shore* 

 It was the ancient seat of the Moubrays, a fa- 

 mily of distinction in this county. 



The Castle of Ravcitscraig* an ancient fabric 

 now in ruins, stands, upon a rock projecting in- 

 to the sea, at the. east end of Pathjiead, in the 

 parish of Dysart* It was a gift from James. V. 

 to William St Clare Earl of Orkney, with the 

 adjoining lands, in consideration of his resigning 

 the titles of the E^arl of Orkney. Ever since 

 that period, it has been in the possession of the 

 family of St Clare. 



The Castle of Easter-Wemys^ usually called 

 M'DufFs castle, stands In the parish of Wemyss. 

 It is said to have been built by M*Duff Earl of 

 l : ire, in the eleventh century. Two sqiiarc 

 towers, with a considerable part of the wall, 

 which surrounded the castle, still remain. It is 

 situated on a delightful eminence* about a hun- 

 dred yards from the shore. 



Craigball, in the parish of Ceres, is an exten- 

 sive ruin, situated upon the bank of a beautiful 

 glen, planted with trees. It was the seat of Sir 

 Thomas Hope r advocate to Charles I. t from 

 whom the principal families of the name of 

 Hope in Scotland are descended^ and continued 

 to be the residence of his heirs 5 till the begin- 

 aiug of the present century. 



