{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} thumb|Loch Ore Castle, from the north-east, circa 1880 '''Lochore Castle''' is a ruined 14th-century tower house, about {{convert|3|mi}} south east of Cowdenbeath, Fife, Scotland, and south of Lochore, east of Loch Ore, in Lochore Country Park.<ref name=Coventry>Coventry, Martin (1997) ''The Castles of Scotland''. Goblinshead. {{ISBN|1-899874-10-0}} p.144</ref>

Little remains of the castle, which was originally on the island of Inchgall, the name meaning “Isle of Strangers”.<ref name=Coventry/> It may be known alternatively as Inchgall Castle<ref name=Canmore>{{cite web |url= https://canmore.org.uk/site/51027/lochore-castle |work=Canmore|title=Lochore Castle|accessdate=2019-08-17}}</ref>

==History== Duncan of Lochore first built a motte on this site,<ref name=Coventry/> during the reign of Malcolm IV of Scotland.<ref name=Canmore/> The Valances acquired the castle (apparently by marriage<ref name=Canmore/>) and extended it before constructing the keep during the 14th century,<ref name=Coventry/> having probably lowered the motte.<ref name=Canmore/> Thereafter in came into the hands of the Wardlaws of Torrie, and was then acquired by the Malcolms of Balbedie<ref name=Coventry/>

At the end of the 18th century, the loch was drained.<ref name=Canmore/>

==Structure== The keep had four storeys, and a courtyard with four corner towers, which enclosed ranges of buildings.<ref name=Coventry/> Probably the castle was approached by a causeway from the east.<ref name=Canmore/>

The wider area was landscaped and loch refilled in the 1980s, to restore it after the devastation caused by mining in the 20th century.<ref name=Canmore/>

==See also== *Castles in Great Britain and Ireland *List of castles in Scotland

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==External links== * {{Commons category-inline}}

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Category:Castles in Fife