Kinghorn, Pettycur Harbour
Harbour (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Kinghorn, Pettycur Harbour
Classification Harbour (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Petticur Harbour
Canmore ID 52767
Site Number NT28NE 43
NGR NT 26575 86133
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/52767
- Council Fife
- Parish Kinghorn
- Former Region Fife
- Former District Kirkcaldy
- Former County Fife
NT28NE 43.00 2654 8613.
NT28NE 43.01 2649 8609 Capstan
NT28NE 43.02 2648 8622 Cannon
Not to be confused with Kinghorn, Kirk Harbour (NT 2714 8690), for which see NT28NE 142.
(Location cited as NT 265 861). Kinghorn, Pettycur Harbour, rebuilt 1792. A rubble pier with a curved end, protecting a natural inlet. Now badly silted. There is a cast-iron capstan on the pier-head with inscriptiuon 'Anderson, Leith Walk Foundry, 1813'.
J R Hume 1976.
Site recorded by Maritime Fife during the Coastal Assessment Survey for Historic Scotland, Kincardine to Fife Ness 1996
See also NT28NE 43.01 Kinghorn, Pettycur Harbour, Capstan
