Inchkeith, Officers' Quarters
Organisation The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland
Alternative Name(s) FORTH DEFENCES
Canmore ID 297879
Site Type COTTAGE (19-20TH CENTURY)
County FIFE
Parish KINGHORN
Council FIFE
NGR NT 29149 82999
Latitude, Longitude 56.034614N, 3.13861W
Images 8
Alternative Name(s) FORTH DEFENCES
Canmore ID 297879
Site Type COTTAGE (19-20TH CENTURY)
County FIFE
Parish KINGHORN
Council FIFE
NGR NT 29149 82999
Latitude, Longitude 56.034614N, 3.13861W
Images 8
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
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