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Megginch Castle Tunnel

NE of Castle, Fife.

The (derelict) tunnel is separate to the ice house. It was a small bricked escape tunnel from the castle to a nearby field, and it is mostly still intact despite the fire truck collapsing a section, but it is not accessible, nor open to the public. It goes from the east of the castle in a mostly north eastern direction towards the orchard. [Drummond-Herdman]

Alternative Names: None recorded.

Notes: If a fire truck collapsed a section (when?), then the most likely location would be on or across the driveway east of the castle. An escape tunnel here might be a romantic idea but a servants' tunnel (allowing servants to pass unseen from the castle kitchens to the walled garden and orchard) or a drain is the more likely explanation. [John Crae]

Hydrographic Feeds: None

Hydrographic Resurgences: None