Thornton
Air Raid Shelter (20th Century)
Site Name Thornton
Classification Air Raid Shelter (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Fife Anti-tank Line; Command Line
Canmore ID 84265
Site Number NT29NE 10
NGR NT 2997 9783
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/84265
- Council Fife
- Parish Markinch
- Former Region Fife
- Former District Kirkcaldy
- Former County Fife
NT29NE 10 2997 9783
A WW II concrete and steel underground air-raid shelter is situated at the N end of the railway triangle immediately S of the bridge through to the Gold Course at Thornton Junction.
J Guy 1993; NMRS MS 810/3, 161
This air-raid shelter may not be linked to the Fife anti-tank line.
It suggested that the location of the shelter is more likely to reflect it's use by railway workers at the nearby important railway junction station. The station has since been removed.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), March 2005
