West Weymss Towerhouse
West Weymss Towerhouse
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alibatty🦇
Dundee, UK21,913 contributions
Apr 2023 • Family
This is the ruined remnants of a 16th century tower-house built under the sheltering sandstone cliffs within the chapel gardens , by the prominent Wemyss family . It’s on strictly private ground that’s not accessible, but you can peer through the railings to see it. However, you can clearly see the long , ornate , arched 16th century wall in front of it, punctuated by 3 wonderful circular towers that wouldn’t look out of place in a fairytale. It’s believed the one in the middle was probably a bastion, and the large one to the north-east was used as a doocot ( dovecote ). It’s a very tranquil & atmospheric area, with superb views over the Firth of Forth, and what really made our day were spying the large white seals 🦠lying resting lazily on the rocks 🪨 on the beach in front of the tower.
Written April 16, 2023
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thetravellingmanUk
uk9,485 contributions
Aug 2017 • Couples
Had a drive to West Wemyss with my wife yesterday evening, to have a look at the Tower house.
Easy and free parking down by the harbour.
The wall to the Chapel gardens can actually be seen from the car park, and it is not a long walk along the coastal path to get close to it, around one quarter of a mile.
No entry is permitted, but the Tower house can be partially viewed and photographed from the coastal path. I found it easier to photograph standing on a rock!
We were quite taken with the arched wall and its iron windows, directly in front of the Tower house, and forming the boundary to the coastal path. One of the towers, attached to the wall and facing the coastal path, was known to have been a 17th century wind pump which was converted to a dovecote in the 19th century.
This was a pleasant evening walk, not a soul about except us, and we ended up being fortunate to spot seals resting on a rock directly in front of the Tower house.
Don't forget also to check out the mosaics on the coastal path (before reaching the Tower house) - the swans, and the door and window!
Easy and free parking down by the harbour.
The wall to the Chapel gardens can actually be seen from the car park, and it is not a long walk along the coastal path to get close to it, around one quarter of a mile.
No entry is permitted, but the Tower house can be partially viewed and photographed from the coastal path. I found it easier to photograph standing on a rock!
We were quite taken with the arched wall and its iron windows, directly in front of the Tower house, and forming the boundary to the coastal path. One of the towers, attached to the wall and facing the coastal path, was known to have been a 17th century wind pump which was converted to a dovecote in the 19th century.
This was a pleasant evening walk, not a soul about except us, and we ended up being fortunate to spot seals resting on a rock directly in front of the Tower house.
Don't forget also to check out the mosaics on the coastal path (before reaching the Tower house) - the swans, and the door and window!
Written August 25, 2017
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craigluscar
Dunfermline, UK13,115 contributions
Feb 2017 • Solo
While visiting the Harbour at West Weymss my eye was drawn to the row of iron windows in the wall of the Chapel gardens along with the ruin of The Towerhouse
Entry is not allowed but the Fife coastal path runs right past it and you can see the detail of the building through the windows . It is part of the weymss estate and lies 200 yards west past the harbour plenty of parking and only a 5 minute walk popular with joggers and dog walkers
Entry is not allowed but the Fife coastal path runs right past it and you can see the detail of the building through the windows . It is part of the weymss estate and lies 200 yards west past the harbour plenty of parking and only a 5 minute walk popular with joggers and dog walkers
Written February 8, 2017
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LynHar78
Fife, UK103 contributions
Jun 2020 • Family
Had a lovely walk along with my 7 year old son.. he made some wishes at the fairy garden where all the lovely wall at is then waked alone the sea front through the woods and made flat rock builds had a lovely morning.
Written June 14, 2020
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MICHAEL O
Grangemouth, UK640 contributions
Aug 2017 • Couples
I really have difficulty on why anyone would want to come to see this hardly tourist attraction,it's in effect a ruin.
Written August 17, 2017
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