Killernie Castle, Fife
Photo © Paul McIlroy, 10 August 2006
Killernie Castle, Fife
Photo © Paul McIlroy, 10
August 2006
The ruins of Killernie Castle sit at the southwest extremity of Saline Hill. The castle was once known as the Castle of Balwearie. It was owned by the Scotts of Balwearie, one of whom was Sir Michael Scott, renowned knight and wizard. The ruins now consist only of fragments of two towers, of which the southern is said to be the more recent, bearing the date 1592.
One of the most popular of all the Scottish ballads, 'The Wronged Mason' tells of one Lambert Lamkin who is hung on the dule-tree of Balwearie Castle.