Dunfermline, Raf Pitreavie Castle, Guardroom

An evaluation was undertaken on Plot PC3, Carnegie Campus, Enterprise Way, Dunfermline, Fife prior to the construction of a residential care home. The area was previously the site of the Battle of Inverkeithing and was used during WWII as a military base.

The proposed development area within an area formerly occupied by buildings associated with RAF Pitreavie. These buildings are thought to have been constructed in the immediate post-war period and remained in use up until 1996. During the later medieval period this location had been the site of the Battle of Inverkeithing II (fought in 1651) and antiquarian reports of human remains being discovered suggested that there was the potential for the mass graves of slaughtered Scottish soldiers to be uncovered.

The trial trenching identified a number of features associated with the former RAF/Navy base including concrete and brick walls, concrete surfaces and structures, services, and a fire hydrant. A number of these features were identified at a depth of >3m suggesting that they were possibly subterranean bunkers or air-raid shelters. The evaluation returned a negative result in terms of burials.

Information from OASIS Id: cfaarcha1-417227 (L Watt & M Kirby) 2021