Parbroath Castle is a ruined castle which was the former seat of

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near Parbroath farm,

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. Only a portion of a vault standing in a field still exists. The building was designated a Category C listed building in 1984. In March 1512 James IV of Scotland granted Parbroath to John Seton and Alexander Seton of Parbroath and his daughter Jonet. The lands had been held by the crown for the previous fifty years.

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was comptroller of the Scottish exchequer for

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and Chamberlain of Dunfermline for

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in 1590.George Seton, ''History of the family of Seton during eight centuries'', vol. 2 (Edinburgh, 1896) pp. 881-2
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Etymology

The name ''Parbroath'' was first recorded in 1315 as ''Partebrothoc'', and may be of

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origin. The first part is ''*part-'', the Pictish equivalent of

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''parth'' meaning "side, area, region" (<

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''pars''). The second is ''*Brothoc'', a former name for the nearby Fernie Burn, derived from a cognate of Welsh ''brwd'', with the diminutive suffix ''-awc''.

References

Ruined castles in Fife History of Fife Listed castles in Scotland Category C listed buildings in Fife {{Scotland-struct-stub