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Inverkeithing East And West Harbour

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Harbour (18th Century)

Site Name Inverkeithing East And West Harbour

Classification Harbour (18th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Keithing Burn; River Forth; East Quay; West Quay; Mid Quay

Canmore ID 51022

Site Number NT18SW 95

NGR NT 13153 82586

NGR Description Centred NT 13153 82586

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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View of crane
View of craneOblique aerial view centred on Caldwells paper mill, Inverkeithing, taken from the SW.Oblique aerial view centred on the paper mill, taken from the SW.Oblique aerial view centred on the paper mill, taken from the WSW.Oblique aerial view centred on the paper mill, taken from the SW.General oblique aerial view looking across the quarry towards the town, taken from the SW.General oblique aerial view looking across the quarry towards the town, taken from the SSW.View of craneOblique aerial view centred on the paper mill, taken from the SSE.General oblique aerial view looking across the quarry towards the town, taken from the SSW.General oblique aerial view looking across the quarry towards the town, taken from the S.Inverkeithing, Harbour View of E side of harbour, from WInverkeithing, Harbour. General view of harbour area. Scanned from glass plate negative. Original envelope annotated by Erskine Beveridge 'Lane in Inverkeithing 24.6.82'Oblique aerial view centred on the paper mill, taken from the SSE.Oblique aerial view centred on the paper mill, taken from the SSW.Inverkeithing East And West Harbour, NT18SW 95, Ordnance Survey index card, RectoInverkeithing, Harbour View of NW end and weir, from SWInverkeithing, Harbour View along length of harbour, from NWOblique aerial view centred on the mill, taken from the SW.General oblique aerial view looking across the quarry towards the town, taken from the S.

Administrative Areas

  • Council Fife
  • Parish Inverkeithing
  • Former Region Fife
  • Former District Dunfermline
  • Former County Fife

Archaeology Notes

NT18SW 95 13153 82586.

For piers at East Ness (NT 1353 8219) and West Ness (NT 1353 8202), see NT18SW 96 and NT18SW 97 respectively.

(Location cited as NT 132 826). Inverkeithing Harbour, 18th Century and later. Rubble quay walls on both sides of a small stream, with sluices for clearing silt.

J R Hume 1976.

Site recorded by Maritime Fife during the Coastal Assessment Survey for Historic Scotland, Kincardine to Fife Ness 1996

The harbour is depicted on the 25-inch OS map (Fifeshire, 1856, sheet 36) and annotated East and West Harbour with the rail connected mid pier between the two.

Information from RCAHMS (DE), April 2003

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Publication Account (1976)

(Location cited as NT 132 826). Inverkeithing Harbour, 18th Century and later. Rubble quay walls on both sides of a small stream, with sluices for clearing silt.

J R Hume 1976.

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