Monimail Palace
The Palace of Monimail, also known as Monimail Tower, was a Renaissance architecture, Renaissance palace in Fife, Scotland. A residence of the Archbishop of St Andrews, Archbishops of St Andrews from the 13th century, in the early 17th century Monimail became a chief seat of the Melville family. Lord Monimail is one of the subsidiary titles of the Leslie-Melville Earls of Leven. It was abandoned in the late 17th century and subsequently most of the palace was demolished. One tower remains standing in the grounds of Melville House near the village of Monimail, north of Ladybank. Origins Monimail Palace was situated at the junction of the main roads between St. Andrews, Perth, Scotland, Perth and Stirling, overlooking the Fife#Geography, Howe of Fife. This would have made Monimail an attractive property for the Bishops of St Andrews and from the time of its earliest documentation (1206), Monimail was an estate belonging to the bishop. Around 1319 William Lamberton (Bishop of St. An ...
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