Alternative Names Forth Defences
Site type COTTAGE (19-20TH CENTURY)
Canmore ID 297879
Site Number NT28SE 5.25
NGR NT 29149 82999
Council FIFE
Parish KINGHORN
Former Region FIFE
Former District KIRKCALDY
Former County FIFE

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Architectural Notes

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