Crail Airfield, Balcomie Golf Links, Fife Ness
Observation Post (20th Century)
Site Name Crail Airfield, Balcomie Golf Links, Fife Ness
Classification Observation Post (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Crail Airfield Defences; Constantine's Cave; Craighead; Balcomie Golf Course
Canmore ID 80388
Site Number NO61SW 16
NGR NO 6349 1010
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/80388
- Council Fife
- Parish Crail
- Former Region Fife
- Former District North East Fife
- Former County Fife
NO61SW 16 6349 1010
For other observation posts on Balcomie Golf Course, see also NO61SW 17 and NO61SW 18.
Two-man coastal observation post constructed of concrete with domed sheet iron roof. Concrete slit seaward and hinged steel door to landward. Generally in poor condition.
P Yeoman 1992.
A WW2 steel pillbox/watchpost situated next to the coastal path on the edge of the golf course, N of the Club House. The pillbox has a steel domed top with a cylinder below, though similar to, it is not an Alan Williams Turret.
J Guy 1994; NMRS MS 810/3, 80.
Not seen (knocked down?)
Site recorded by Maritime Fife during the Coastal Assessment Survey for Historic Scotland, Fife Ness to Newburgh 1996
NO 632 095 Archaeological monitoring and recording were undertaken in connection with the laying of a new sewer pipe across Craighead Golf Course towards the new outfall at Kilminning. The line of the pipe crossed part of the Scheduled airfield at Balcomie (NMRS NO61SW 16) and the Scheduled Danes Dyke (NMRS NO61SW 15) to the NE. The pipe was to be drilled through underneath the dyke. In connection with this work an area of 4 x 8m was stripped of topsoil on either side of the dyke. No features were recorded on the W side of the dyke, but two parallel rows of post-holes were exposed in the northern half of the trench on the E side of the dyke, possibly part of a structure pre-dating the dyke. No finds were retrieved from these features. A corridor, 7 x 270m, was stripped of topsoil across the airfield from Kilminning. No significant archaeological features were uncovered in this trench.
Full details lodged with the NMRS.
Sponsor: Crail Golfing Society.
M Dalland 2001
This pre-fabricated steel observation post is not an Allan Williams pillbox turret. It is non-revolving, constructed in segmented sections and is carefully placed for coast watching. It is one of three on Balcomie Golf Course.
Information via a telephone call from Mr R Benton, 25 May 2004.