The new castle, an uninteresting building, was erected in 1724 by the earl of Fife, and though untenanted is maintained in repair.
It dates from 1817 and bears the name of its founder, James Duff, 4th earl of Fife.
Mary entered Edinburgh and conducted a campaign in Fife.
Duff House, immediately adjoining the town, is a seat of the duke of Fife.
It belongs to the earl of Moray (Murray), who derives from it his title of Lord Doune, and was the home of James Stewart, the "bonnie earl" of Moray, murdered at Donibristle in Fife by the earl of Huntly (1592).