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West Lingo
Moated Site (Medieval)
Site Name West Lingo
Classification Moated Site (Medieval)
Canmore ID 32484
Site Number NO40NE 1
NGR NO 4964 0877
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/32484
- Council Fife
- Parish Carnbee
- Former Region Fife
- Former District North East Fife
- Former County Fife
NO40NE 1 4964 0877.
To the east of Lingo Big Wood is a small earthwork reduced by cultivation, on flat and marshy ground. It is rectangular on plan, with rounded corners, bank, and external ditch, and measures 104ft E-W and 77ft N-S, overall. The ditch, the west side of which incorporates part of an old watercourse, is from 10ft-14ft in width, but is not more than 18" deep now. The bank, which is traceable only on east and west is less than 1ft high and is spread to a mean width of 15ft. There is no definite indication of an entrance, and the interior is featureless.
The shape and situation of the earthwork and the fact that it had a wet ditch fed by a stream, suggest that it is a medieval homestead moat.
K Steer, RCAHMS, MS notes, 1954
NO 4964 0877. The earthwork is generally as described by Steer, the measurements given including the external ditch. The owner of the land stated that the field had been ploughed since Dr Steer's visit in 1954, but that nothing had been turned up in the area of the earthwork.
Visited by OS (JFC) 5 November 1956
This probable homestead moat is now almost completely destroyed. Faint traces of the ditch can be seen only on the east, west and south sides, while the bank is barely discernible. Long grass and rushes completely obscure the site.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 22 August 1968
This site is listed in an Atlas of Scottish History (McNeill and MacQueen 1996) as a moated site.
Information from RCAHMS (DE) September 1997
Field Visit (2 May 1951)
This site was included within the RCAHMS Marginal Land Survey (1950-1962), an unpublished rescue project. Site descriptions, organised by county, are available to view online - see the searchable PDF in 'Digital Items'. These vary from short notes, to lengthy and full descriptions. Contemporary plane-table surveys and inked drawings, where available, can be viewed online in most cases - see 'Digital Images'. The original typecripts, notebooks and drawings can also be viewed in the RCAHMS search room.
Information from RCAHMS (GFG) 19 July 2013.
Desk Based Assessment (1 November 1956)
NO40NE 1 4964 0877.
To the east of Lingo Big Wood is a small earthwork reduced by cultivation, on flat and marshy ground. It is rectangular on plan, with rounded corners, bank, and external ditch, and measures 104ft E-W and 77ft N-S, overall. The ditch, the west side of which incorporates part of an old watercourse, is from 10ft-14ft in width, but is not more than 18" deep now. The bank, which is traceable only on east and west is less than 1ft high and is spread to a mean width of 15ft. There is no definite indication of an entrance, and the interior is featureless.
The shape and situation of the earthwork and the fact that it had a wet ditch fed by a stream, suggest that it is a medieval homestead moat.
Information from OS (JFC) 1 November 1956
K Steer, RCAHMS, MS notes, 1954
Reference (1957)
This site is noted in the ‘List of monuments discovered during the survey of marginal land (1951-5)’ (RCAHMS 1957, xiv-xviii).
Information from RCAHMS (GFG), 24 October 2012.
Field Visit (1996 - 2003)
Russell Coleman managed an Historic Scotland funded project to record medieval moated sites in Scotland. Gazetteers were produced for each regional council area between 1996 and 2002 with an uncompleted overall review in 2002-03. The results of the first year of the project were published in Tayside and Fife Archaeological Journal, Volume 3 (1997).
Project (8 July 2009 - 31 July 2012)
Lingo Wind Farm, Fife
Cultural Heritage assessments for the proposed Lingo and Aberdalgie wind farm developments. This entry relates to the Lingo Wind Farm. The assessment formed part of an Environmental Statement, submitted in 2012. The Cultural Heritage assessment identified all cultural heritage features within the study area, as well as key external receptors within 10km of the proposed development, and assessed the impact on these features by the new development.
Information from OASIS ID: cfaarcha1-163502 (G Mudie) 2012
