North Queensferry, Helen Place, Melinkie Cottage
Cottage (18th Century), School (17th Century)
Site Name North Queensferry, Helen Place, Melinkie Cottage
Classification Cottage (18th Century), School (17th Century)
Alternative Name(s) School
Canmore ID 50970
Site Number NT18SW 49
NGR NT 13236 80477
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/50970
- Council Fife
- Parish Inverkeithing
- Former Region Fife
- Former District Dunfermline
- Former County Fife
Publication Account (1999)
Melinkie Cottage functioned as the village school in the earlier eighteenth century before its transference up the hill (seep 53). A small, single-storeyed house, it is harled, with a slated roof. An earlier school still, stands beside the Piggery Steps. Only a portion of the stonework remains, incorporated as it is into a shed.
In 1999, Melinkie Cottage underwent renovation. Its foundations revealed that it probably stood on a site once forming part of St James' Bay.
Information from ‘Historic North Queensferry and the Peninsula: The Archaeological Implications of Development’ (1999).
