Archaeology Notes

Event ID 711703

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NT18SE 1 1857 8369

Monk's Cave (NR)

OS 6" map, Fife (1928).

The Monk's Cave, on Charles Hill, is entirely artificial and is really the lower storey of a building, probably a ferry-house and warehouse connected with Inchcolm Abbey (NT18SE 7). The building stands on the edge of a low cliff which has been partly excavated; the doorway, of 15th century date, opens into a vaulted cellar, 15' x 25 1/2'. The upper storey has been reduced to the level of the upper surface of the vault supporting it. The overall dimensions are 69' x 26 1/4'.

RCAHMS 1933, visited 1928.

Monk's Cave, in good condition, is as described above, a flight of modern steps has been erected against the outside of the S wall.

Visited by OS (AC), 11 March 1959.

(NT 1857 8369) Monks' Cave (NR)

OS 6" map, Fife (1967).

No change to previous field report.

Visited by OS (BS), 17 December 1975.