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West Wemyss, Castle Garden, Sea Wall And Towers

Dovecot (Post Medieval)(Possible), Tower (16th Century), Wall (16th Century)

Site Name West Wemyss, Castle Garden, Sea Wall And Towers

Classification Dovecot (Post Medieval)(Possible), Tower (16th Century), Wall (16th Century)

Canmore ID 253152

Site Number NT39SW 184

NGR NT 31986 94685

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Fife
  • Parish Wemyss
  • Former Region Fife
  • Former District Kirkcaldy
  • Former County Fife

Archaeology Notes

Tower and walled garden

Site recorded by Maritime Fife during the Coastal Assessment Survey for Historic Scotland, Kincardine to Fife Ness 1996

Architecture Notes

NT39SW 184 31986 94685

NT39SW 1 31925 94660 Ruin

NT39SW 8 31892 94624 Chapel Gardens House

NT39SW 14 31900 94662 Burial Enclosure

Activities

Field Visit (28 May 1928)

The wall in front of the house, separating the property from the shore, dates in part from the 16th century. The circular tower at the eastern end which is now a garden-house, may originally have been a dovecot. The tower at the western end and the outlook or bastion between the towers are also of the 16th century.

RCAHMS 1933, visited 28 May 1928.

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