Field Visit
Date 9 August 2022
Event ID 1148220
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1148220
All that remains visible of this latrine block is the rectangular concrete raft which formed its foundation. It measures 6.1m from NNW to SSE by 3m transversely and a socket for a wooden post at the SW corner indicates that the superstructure above the raft was probably framed in timber. A contemporary plan (Ordnance Survey 1918) shows that the latrine contained 6 cubicles, a separate entrance to the southern probably indicating its use by officers. A concrete gutter runs WSW from the SW corner of the building 5.9m to a manhole measuring 0.97m square overall and 0.4m square internally.
Visited by HES Archaeological Survey (J. Sherriff, A. McCaig), 9 August 2022.
Ordnance Survey 1918. 1:360 scale plan of Special Survey War Department Site at Braefoot Point, Fifeshire - NLS: MapArea.C18:13(05).
