Burntisland, East Head
Fortification (17th Century)
Site Name Burntisland, East Head
Classification Fortification (17th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Burntisland Harbour; East Head Fort; Cromwellian Fort
Canmore ID 52797
Site Number NT28NW 29
NGR NT 2306 8548
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Fife
- Parish Burntisland
- Former Region Fife
- Former District Kirkcaldy
- Former County Fife
NT28NW 29 2306 8548.
(NT 2306 8548) Elphinstone's plan of Burntisland, c.1745 shows a triangular-shaped fort at the SE corner of the harbour (NT28NW 30.00).
Information from J Elphinstone's Plan of Burntisland, scale 12 1/2 inches to 1 mile.
East Head Fort constructed c.1650 and still in existence in 1843, had 3 embrasures and was sited to resist landing parties.
A Young 1924.
A small portion of wall nearly semicircular shape of very strong masonry. The wall is between 3 and 4 feet thick, but some portions of it are nearly level with the ground. There is an old stone lighthouse (disused), in the OS 1st ed. map, on a part of it.
The site of this fort is now covered by harbour installations.
Visited by OS (A C) 11 March 1959.
