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Andy Shipley

Young girls risk death shooting TikTok video on Scots castle ruins above 60ft drop

Shocking footage shows the moment two girls risk their lives shooting a social media video while dancing on ruins above a 60-foot drop.

The  youngsters, believed to be teenagers, were captured repeatedly running along a crumbling ledge at Ravenscraig Castle in Kirkcaldy before doing a synchronised routine.

A worried neighbour filmed the girls from his window and warned their Monday afternoon stunt could have easily ended in tragedy.

The girls dance high up on the ledge (handout)

“It looked like they were doing a Tiktok dance challenge - they were doing the same dance ten times,” said the 32-year-old.

“It was like they were trying to perfectly synchronise the dance - they were an hour and fifteen minutes up on that ledge.”

The castle and its grounds were busy with walkers as the girls diced with death above their heads at 2pm.

The neighbour added: “They didn’t shout for them to get down either because they didn’t care or they didn’t want to frighten them and cause them to slip.

“I didn’t call the police because it’d be sod’s law they’d be gone by the time they got here.”

Police urged kids to steer clear of the castle five years ago after a 14-year-old suffered a ruptured spleen and broken pelvis in a fall.

“People are up there all the time enjoying the view but they shouldn’t even be doing that let alone running backwards and forwards,” said the neighbour.

“It’s stupid behaviour at a time when emergency services are already being stretched.”

And the neighbour said the girls could easily have been killed had they fallen off the wall.

“I know they’re only wee girls but they looked old enough to have common sense - what would their parents say if they’d been there?” he added.

“It’s 30 feet down to the bridge and another 30 feet into the ravine - they could easily have died if they fell.”

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