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St Andrews, Witch Lake

Drain (Period Unassigned)

Site Name St Andrews, Witch Lake

Classification Drain (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 77595

Site Number NO51NW 109

NGR NO 5098 1700

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Fife
  • Parish St Andrews And St Leonards
  • Former Region Fife
  • Former District North East Fife
  • Former County Fife

Archaeology Notes

NO51NW 109 5098 1700

As a result of minor rock fall a stone drain (reported as possible cist) was noted high in the cliff above 'Witch Lake'. Dimensions could not be measured. Appeared to include re-used architectural fragments. Such drains have been reported on a number of occasions along the cliff below the 19th century housing on the Scores, but there are few detailed accounts of them and whether they relate to the building of these houses, or whether they are part of an earlier drainage system.

Sponsor: Fife Archaeological Index.

E Proudfoot 1991b.

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

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