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Easter Kinnear Tower
Tower House (Medieval)
Site Name Easter Kinnear Tower
Classification Tower House (Medieval)
Canmore ID 33282
Site Number NO42SW 5
NGR NO 4035 2301
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/33282
- Council Fife
- Parish Kilmany
- Former Region Fife
- Former District North East Fife
- Former County Fife
NO42SW 5 4035 2301.
(Name: centred NO 4035 2298) Kinnear (NR) (Remains of)
OS 6" map (1921)
There is the fragment of a tower on the farm of Easter Kinnear, standing to a height of 17ft. The masonary has been rubble, with pinnings.
RCAHMS 1933, visited 1927
NO 4035 2301 The remains of this tower, 6.0m long and 1.1m thick, are situated in a commanding position upon the summit of a rocky knoll, with steep natural slopes on the NW, and more gradual slopes on the other sides. Along the NW edge of the Knoll is a grass-covered bank, 2.0m wide, 0.5m high and 37.0m long, and a similar bank, 11.0m long, runs along the south side. These probably represent the remains of a courtyard wall.
Visited by OS (DS) 23 October 1956 and (WDJ) 4 June 1970
Field Visit (27 May 1927)
Tower, Easter Kinnear.
On the farm of Easter Kinnear, 3 ¼ miles west-north-west of Leuchars, beside some cot - houses, is the fragment of a tower. Only the north-east angle remains, standing to a height of 17 feet and indicating that the basement floor had been ceiled and the upper floor -vaulted. The masonry has been rubble, built with pinnings.
RCAHMS 1933, visited 27 May 1927.
