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Anstruther Wester, General

Burgh (Medieval), Village (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Anstruther Wester, General

Classification Burgh (Medieval), Village (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 77556

Site Number NO50SE 56

NGR NO 5600 0300

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Fife
  • Parish Anstruther Wester
  • Former Region Fife
  • Former District North East Fife
  • Former County Fife

Archaeology Notes

NO50SE 56 5600 0300.

Erected burgh of barony in 1540/1; became a royal burgh in 1587.

G S Pryde 1965.

Architecture Notes

The National Trust Survey (1938) note a few 18th century houses with harled walls and crowstepped gables.

Classification: 3B, 1A, 7C houses.

Activities

Photographic Survey (September 1962)

Photographic survey of buildings in Anstruther Wester, Fife, by the Scottish National Buildings Record in September 1962.

Photographic Survey (July 1963)

Photographic survey of buildings in Anstruther Wester, Fife, by the Ministry of Work/Scottish National Buildings in July 1963.

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