Spears Hill
Coastal Battery (First World War)
Site Name Spears Hill
Classification Coastal Battery (First World War)
Alternative Name(s) Scotscraig Mains
Canmore ID 33093
Site Number NO42NE 40
NGR NO 45247 28765
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/33093
- Council Fife
- Parish Ferry-port-on-craig
- Former Region Fife
- Former District North East Fife
- Former County Fife
NO42NE 40 NO 45247 28765
This monument comprises an enclosed settlement of prehistoric date, visible as cropmarks on oblique aerial photographs. It lies in arable farmland at around 60m OD and comprises the SE and SW sides of an enclosure some 50m NW-SE by about 55m NE-SW. Its ditch is approximately 3m wide. Cropmarks inside the enclosure indicate the remains of former domestic structures, including a ring ditch some 7m in diameter, probably the remains of a former timber roundhouse.
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 30 September 1997.
Aerial Photographic Transcription (19 July 1990 - 2 May 1991)
An aerial transcription was produced from oblique aerial photographs. Information from Historic Environment Scotland (BM) 31 March 2017.
Note (6 September 2013)
The location of this cropmark enclosure is also the site of Spiershill fort dating to the First World War (see NO42NE 179).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 6 September 2013.
