Accessibility

Font Size

100% 150% 200%

Background Colour

Default Contrast
Close Reset

Charlestown Harbour, South-west Pier, Beacon

Beacon (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Charlestown Harbour, South-west Pier, Beacon

Classification Beacon (Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) Charlestown Harbour Entrance, Lighthouse; Limekilns Harbour; River Forth

Canmore ID 280042

Site Number NT08SE 31.08

NGR NT 06412 83364

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/280042

Ordnance Survey licence number AC0000807262. All rights reserved.
Canmore Disclaimer. © Copyright and database right 2024.

Toggle Aerial | View on large map

Administrative Areas

  • Council Fife
  • Parish Dunfermline
  • Former Region Fife
  • Former District Dunfermline
  • Former County Fife

Archaeology Notes

NT08SE 31.08 06412 83364

Lighthouse (Stationary White) [NAT]

OS 2nd ed 1:2500 map (GIS ep. 2).

Lighthouse [NAT]

OS 1:10,000 map, 1975.

(Charlestown: location cited as NT 064 834). At end of W breakwater: prob. c. 1900. Hexagonal wooden tower with ogee roof and windows in seaward faces. At rear, metal cupboard, which probably houses acetylene generator. Now surviving as frame only.

J R Hume 1997.

References

MyCanmore Image Contributions


Contribute an Image

MyCanmore Text Contributions