Coaltown Of Balgonie
Anti Tank Ditch (20th Century)
Site Name Coaltown Of Balgonie
Classification Anti Tank Ditch (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Fife Anti-tank Line; Command Line
Canmore ID 275089
Site Number NT39NW 36
NGR NT 3078 9896
NGR Description From NT 3000 976 to NT 3062 9999
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/275089
- Council Fife
- Parish Markinch
- Former Region Fife
- Former District Kirkcaldy
- Former County Fife
NT39NW 36.00 3022 9831 to 3062 9999
NT39NW 36.01 NT 3052 9938 Pillbox
NT39NW 36.02 NT 30864 98670 Anti-tank wall (Rail block)
A section of WW II anti-tank ditch part of the Fife Command Line, has been identified from vertical air photographs (106G/Scot/UK 142, 2104-2105, flown11 July 1946). The ditch appears on the photographs as a light soil mark to the E of the railway, zig-zagging across fields to the S of Coaltown of Balgonie.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), September 2005
