The palace occupies the former guest house of Dunfermline Abbey, and royal residence in the area is documented from the 11th century under Malcolm III. Timber for royal lodgings was bought in 1429. James IV remodelled the guest house around 1500. James VI gave the lands and palace to Anne of Denmark as a wedding present in 1589, and William Schaw worked on the building in 1590.
Anne's cruciform Queen's House was completed in 1600 and compared with Greenwich's Queen's House. The palace was unroofed by 1708, and the Queen's House was demolished in 1797. The article names no style, dimensions or main stone.
Historic Environment Scotland cares for the remains, which are the kitchen, its cellars and the large south wall. The scheduled monument is listed under the abbey's name.
Comments