Inverkeithing Bay
Navigation Aid (19th Century)
Site Name Inverkeithing Bay
Classification Navigation Aid (19th Century)
Canmore ID 280678
Site Number NT18SW 351
NGR NT 14214 82604
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/280678
- Council Fife
- Parish Dalgety
- Former Region Fife
- Former District Dunfermline
- Former County Fife
Stone navigation Leading mark for entrance to David's harbour: still in use
Site recorded by Maritime Fife during the Coastal Assessment Survey for Historic Scotland, Kincardine to Fife Ness 1996
Field Visit (25 December 2014)
There is a mortared, stone-built pillar just above the high water mark 460m E of St David’s harbour, which did not serve as a beacon as noted in a previous account, but simply provided a line of sight for boats entering the harbour. First depicted on the 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch (1897, Sheet XLIII.NE), it measures 1.5m in diameter at ground-level and rises to a height of 2.55m, tapering gradually to a rounded top.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS) 25 December 2014.