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Dunfermline Guildhall

1863 establishments in ScotlandBuildings and structures in DunfermlineCategory B listed buildings in FifeCourt buildings in ScotlandGovernment buildings completed in 1863
Listed government buildings in ScotlandUse British English from September 2024
Guildhall2, Dunfermline
Guildhall2, Dunfermline

The Guildhall, also known as The Guildhall & Linen Hall, is a historic building on the High Street in Dunfermline in Scotland. The structure, which currently operates as a public house, is a Category A listed building.

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Dunfermline Guildhall
High Street, Dunfermline Central Dunfermline

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The Guildhall & Linen Exchange

High Street 79–83
KY12 7DR Dunfermline, Central Dunfermline
Scotland, United Kingdom
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Malcolm's Tower
Malcolm's Tower

Malcolm's Tower, also known as Malcolm Canmore's Tower, is a historic site in the Scottish city of Dunfermline, Fife. It consists of the foundations of a rubble built, rectangular tower enclosed by an oval shaped modern wall and is protected as a scheduled monument. It is located in Pittencrieff Park.The tower stood on a highly defensible peninsular outcrop of rock above a deep ravine and is the site from which the city derives its name. It was effectively the seat of royal power in Scotland after Malcolm III of Scotland shifted the centre of government from Forteviot to Dunfermline in the mid 11th century. The site was also close to a religious centre which had begun as a Culdee establishment in the 9th century. The first mention of the tower in the historical record is from 1070 when Malcolm III married his queen, Princess Margaret. As queen, Margaret introduced innovations which changed the course and identity of the Church in Scotland. Not far to the east of the tower's location are the remains of Dunfermline Abbey and later royal palace. All that survives of the tower today are foundational fragments of wall, but an image of the building was adopted at an early date as the burgh arms for Dunfermline. Old wax seals suggest it to have been a building of two storeys with an attic. It might have contained around twenty small apartments. Before the western access road to Dunfermline was built, Malcolm's Tower would have been an almost impregnable fortress, perhaps rather like a broch, and this almost certainly explains Dunfermline's motto Esto rupes inaccessa (Be an inaccessible rock).The opening lines of the traditional "Ballad of Sir Patrick Spens" are thought to refer to the tower: The King sits in Dunfermling Toun Drynking the bluid-red wyne …