Forth Defences, Outer, Inchkeith, Officers' Quarters
Drill Hall (19th Century)-(20th Century), Officers Quarters (Second World War)(Possible), Officers Quarters (First World War)
Site Name Forth Defences, Outer, Inchkeith, Officers' Quarters
Classification Drill Hall (19th Century)-(20th Century), Officers Quarters (Second World War)(Possible), Officers Quarters (First World War)
Alternative Name(s) Drill Shed
Canmore ID 297879
Site Number NT28SE 5.25
NGR NT 29149 82999
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/297879
- Council Fife
- Parish Kinghorn
- Former Region Fife
- Former District Kirkcaldy
- Former County Fife
NT28SE 5.25 29149 82999
Stone built cottage situated on NW shore immediately SW of the N engine room and oil store (NT28SE 5.26). Annotated as 'Officers' on a pre-1st World War plan and as 'Quarters' on a later WO plan of the Island (RCAHMS MS 879/83).
The building measures about 22m by 9m, E to W it has five window openings and a blocked entrance on the NW-facing elevation (seaward side). To the rear are two flat roofed outshots, which had become the later entrances. Two stone built chimney stacks to the front.
Visited by RCAHMS (DE, AL, JM), 25 February, 4 and 5th March 2009
Project (March 2013 - September 2013)
A project to characterise the quantity and quality of the Scottish resource of known surviving remains of the First World War. Carried out in partnership between Historic Scotland and RCAHMS.
Note (4 November 2013)
A map of the Inchkeith, made about 1900, annotates a building on the N side of the island at Kinghorn Harbour, as a 'Drill shed'. The building is shown again on a 1913 map (The National Archives WO 78/5161) and later maps as 'Officer's Quarters'.
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 4 November 2013.