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Culross Palace, Fife

Location: KY12 8JH (map and directions)

Culross Palace, located in the town of Culross, near Valleyfield, was constructed between 1597 and 1611 by Sir George Bruce, the Laird of Carnock, who was a very successful merchant in international trade, especially coal mining, and the materials used in the construction of Culross came from foreign trade, including Baltic pine and Dutch floor tiles.

Culross Palace © Murdo from Picasa

History of Culross Palace

The Palace was never a royal residence, instead a private home during the 16th and 17th centuries at a time when the then flourishing royal burgh of Culross had in part Sir George Bruce to thank. James VI visited the Palace in 1617.

Culross Palace is now in the care of the National Trust for Scotland, who has re-created a model 17th century home and garden where even the herbs, vegetables and fruit trees are those that would have been found in the early 1600s. Culross is open to the public.

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