Lord Charles Colville today holds a place in the Parliament in London - Vicount. He is the chieftan of the Colville Clan now.
We arrived at the Palace just about 5:00 in the evening, their closing time. We 'snuck' around the 'no admittance - closed' sign and went inside. When I told the guide I was a Colville, come all the way from the USA to see family history and just couldn't get there any sooner, he told me I was mistaken. He went on to explain that it was built by the Bruce family. I acknowledged that, but tried to explain that Colvilles lived in this palace for 30 years. I really don't know if he just didn't know his history, or was just trying to close up for the day, even though I explained that was the only day we could be there! He allowed me to 'peek' a little, but said the place I really wanted was the Abbey just down the road. That had Colville history. Well, here are the few brief shots I got of Culross Palace. (pronounced coo-ross)
Culross Abbey History
The Abbey was built in 1217 by Malcolm, Earl of Fife and it, as well as the lands were granted to Sir James Colville, who, in 1609 was created Lord Colville of Culross. The graveyard to the side of the Abbey is that of the Bruce family.
The walk up to the Abbey was probably a mile, and all uphill! Here are some of the pictures we took as we walked through the village of Culross.
Well, it was getting late, so time for us to find a place to eat, then go in search of Old Crombie Parish, built in the 1200's or 1300's and was given to the Colville family to use as a graveyard. We were lucky it stays light so late there, or we never would have gotten all done that we had scheduled for this day!
We arrived at the Palace just about 5:00 in the evening, their closing time. We 'snuck' around the 'no admittance - closed' sign and went inside. When I told the guide I was a Colville, come all the way from the USA to see family history and just couldn't get there any sooner, he told me I was mistaken. He went on to explain that it was built by the Bruce family. I acknowledged that, but tried to explain that Colvilles lived in this palace for 30 years. I really don't know if he just didn't know his history, or was just trying to close up for the day, even though I explained that was the only day we could be there! He allowed me to 'peek' a little, but said the place I really wanted was the Abbey just down the road. That had Colville history. Well, here are the few brief shots I got of Culross Palace. (pronounced coo-ross)
Culross Abbey History
The Abbey was built in 1217 by Malcolm, Earl of Fife and it, as well as the lands were granted to Sir James Colville, who, in 1609 was created Lord Colville of Culross. The graveyard to the side of the Abbey is that of the Bruce family.
The walk up to the Abbey was probably a mile, and all uphill! Here are some of the pictures we took as we walked through the village of Culross.
Well, it was getting late, so time for us to find a place to eat, then go in search of Old Crombie Parish, built in the 1200's or 1300's and was given to the Colville family to use as a graveyard. We were lucky it stays light so late there, or we never would have gotten all done that we had scheduled for this day!
