Scotland · Partial ruin
Dunimarle Castle
Dunimarle Castle is an estate west of Culross in Fife comprising the ruins of a medieval castle beside an 18th‑century castellated mansion rebuilt in 1839. The site sits near the Firth of Forth and its grounds are included in Scotland's Inventory of Designed Landscapes. The medieval remains and the later house form a single historic composition on a wooded coastal slope.
Its prime
1840
Today
Partial ruin
As it stood in 1840
What Dunimarle Castle looked like in its prime.
A compact grey‑stone composition: a castellated 18th‑century mansion with steep slate roofs and chimneys attached to cylindrical, crenellated drum towers of matching ashlar. The taller round tower rises above the house with a plain, flat, parapeted top and a flagpole; the lower drum has a crenellated parapet with an iron guardrail. The building sits in mature, wooded designed grounds on a gentle coastal slope overlooking the Firth of Forth; at prime it is complete and occupied.
Its story
The story of Dunimarle Castle.
Dunimarle Castle stands a kilometre west of Culross in Fife, near the Firth of Forth. The name means "castle by the sea", though the estate was originally called Castlehill. The medieval castle is now a ruin; adjacent to it the Erskine family built an 18th-century castellated mansion borrowing its name, rebuilt in 1839.
The medieval remains and the later house form a single historic composition on a wooded coastal slope: the mansion is Category A listed, the castle ruins Category B, and the grounds are included in the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland.
Step inside
7 places to explore in 1840.
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Clans who held Dunimarle Castle.
The families that held Dunimarle Castle for a decade or more across its history — follow a name to its clan.
The Erskine family built the 18th-century mansion that stands beside the medieval ruin.
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