Scotstarvit Tower
Scotstarvit Tower near Cupar in Fife is a well-preserved seventeenth-century tower house in the care of Historic Environment Scotland, associated with Sir John Scot of Scotstarvit, a seventeenth-century scholar and map publisher who collaborated with Timothy Pont to produce the first comprehensive atlas of Scotland. The tower is an excellent and remarkably complete example of a Scottish Z-plan tower house, its walls standing to their full height with original features intact, and is open to visitors in association with the adjacent Hill of Tarvit Mansion House operated by the National Trust for Scotland. The dual heritage visit combining the medieval tower house with the Edwardian mansion provides an unusual perspective on the evolution of Scottish domestic architecture across several centuries.