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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAVE [Grange] | Cave Cave Cave Cave |
Revd. [Reverend] Mr. Bowie Revd. [Reverend] Mr. Hardy Mr. William Robertson Mr. Veitch |
037 | [situation] About 48 chains E.S.E. [East South East] of Grange. A cave in the Limestone Rocks entering from the coast, and is about 10 Feet high and 3 1/2 feet wide at the commencement growing gradually lower and narrower for 160 Links where it turns a little to the right and ends in a sort of chamber. The common tradition with regard to it is That it extended to Dunfermline Abbey and was formerly used by the Monks. I heard this tradition from many, amongst them the Revd. [Reverend] Mr. Bowie Mr. Veitch and Mr. Robertson but the Revd. [Reverend] Mr Hardy says that the cave was visited by him in company with a Civil Engineer from Edinburgh, the opinion of the latter was that the cave was artificial and used as a Level to a bed of Limestone, he came to this conclusion from the appearance of the sides which appear to have been worked and not worn by water |
| VICAR'S GRANGE | Vicars Grange Vicars Grange Vicars Grange Vicars Grange Vicars Grange |
Revd. [Reverend] Mr. Bowie Revd. [Reverend] Mr. Hardy Mr. William Robertson Mr. Veitch Sibbald's Fife & Kinross |
037 | [situation] About 30 Chains E [East] of Grange. A row of cottages occupied by Laborers on the farm of Grange. the property of Col [Colonel] Ferguson. |
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23 Plan 37C Kinghorn Parish[Quotation - Cave] " At a little distance from the ruins of Seafield Tower, there is a large Cave, which appears ether to have been formed by some violent concussion of the earth, or to have been excavated by the sea, which has since retired. There is the appearance of some kind of building having been once at its entrance; but whether it had been thus fortified & secured as a place of refuge from the sudden decents of the Danes and Norwegians, with which this coast was formerly infested, or as a den for thieves and robbers, and as a place for concealing their ill got booty, we have not been able to discover." Old Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account]
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