North Queensferry
Artillery Fortification (17th Century)
Site Name North Queensferry
Classification Artillery Fortification (17th Century)
Canmore ID 50956
Site Number NT18SW 36
NGR NT 12 80
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Fife
- Parish Inverkeithing
- Former Region Fife
- Former District Dunfermline
- Former County Fife
NT18SW 36 12 80.
Contemporary accounts refer to a Royalist fort at North Queensferry (NT 1280), which seems to have been flanked by batteries on the Ferry Hills. It was captured by a Cromwellian force of about 1600 men in 1651 prior to the Battle of Inverkeithing (NT18SW 10). Its site is now occupied by the Forth Bridge, its approaches, and a golf course.
W S Douglas 1898
