Fordell Castle
Gate (18th Century)
Site Name Fordell Castle
Classification Gate (18th Century)
Canmore ID 345610
Site Number NT18NW 8.07
NGR NT 14998 85474
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/345610
- Council Fife
- Parish Inverkeithing
- Former Region Fife
- Former District Dunfermline
- Former County Fife
Field Visit (9 September 2014)
The eastern gateway to the policies of Fordell Castle (NT18NW 8.00) comprise two square piers 2.8m apart and standing 2.9m high, both constructed of dressed blocks and surmounted by a large stone ball finial. There is an iron gate, comprising two unequal parts, and the adjoining walls (one to either side of the gate-piers) are composed of quarried blocks and have a flat cope. Both walls arc to the E, providing a funnelled entrance at least 40m wide. There is a four-step style immediately S of the gateway.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS) 9 September 2014.
