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Parbroath Castle is a ruined castle which was the former seat of Clan Seton near Parbroath farm, Creich, Fife, Scotland.

Only a portion of a vault standing in a field still exists.

David Seton of Parbroath was comptroller of the Scottish exchequer for James VI and Chamberlain of Dunfermline for Anne of Denmark in 1590.

The building was designated a Category C listed building in 1984.

Etymology

The name Parbroath was first recorded in 1315 as Partebrothoc, and may be of Pictish origin. The first part is *part-, the Pictish equivalent of Welsh parth meaning "side, area, region" (< Latin pars). The second is *Brothoc, a former name for the nearby Fernie Burn, derived from a cognate of Welsh brwd, with the diminutive suffix -awc.

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