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Field Visit
Date 6 May 1925
Event ID 1098354
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
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Fort, Dunearn Hil1.
This fort lies immediately to the north of Dunearn House and about two miles to the north-west of the town of Burntisland, at an elevation of 700 feet above sea-level, on the crest of the highest eminence in the district. The position commands a wide view of the Firth of Forth, but the fort itself, which appears to have been of roughly circular form, is in such a ruinous condition that its general features can scarcely be recognised. On the south and west, where the ground rises abruptly and where the steep slopes are encumbered with outcrops of rock, it is particularly difficult to determine the limits of the enclosure, except for a short distance on the south-west. There seems to have been a fairly high wall on the north, where stronger defences would be required owing to the configuration of the ground, but the remains there are now amass of debris with no signs of building. On the east the outline is perhaps a little more definite, but the foundations are so much spread and so thickly covered with grass that it is impossible to obtain accurate measurements or to lay down a satisfactory plan. This, however, is the natural line of approach, and a slight gap with, here and there, indications of outworks of indefinite character and of no great size, may possible mark the entrance.
RCAHMS 1933, visited 6 May 1925.
