Cameron Bridge Distillery
Pit(S) (Period Unassigned), Unidentified Pottery (Medieval)
Site Name Cameron Bridge Distillery
Classification Pit(S) (Period Unassigned), Unidentified Pottery (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Buckhaven; River Leven
Canmore ID 140945
Site Number NO30SW 78
NGR NO 3454 0006
NGR Description NO 3454 0007 to NO 3454 0005
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/140945
- Council Fife
- Parish Markinch
- Former Region Fife
- Former District Kirkcaldy
- Former County Fife
NO30SW 78 3454 0007 to 3454 0005
See also NO30SW 67.00.
Site recorded during a watching brief carried out during topsoil stripping along the proposed route of a waste pipe from the Cameronbridge Distillery to the coast at Buckhaven.
NO 3454 0007 - NO 3454 0005 Twelve post-pits forming no obvious pattern. Sherds of East Coast light gritty ware recovered from these pits indicate their medieval origin. Adjacent to them was a shallow, linear gully containing similar pottery and a large pit infilled with burnt shale.
Sponsor: United Distillers Ltd.
J Lewis, J Terry and R Murdoch 1998.
