Dysart, Carmelite Monastery, St Serf's Cave
Cave (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Dysart, Carmelite Monastery, St Serf's Cave
Classification Cave (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Rud Chapel; Cave Of Dysart
Canmore ID 53994
Site Number NT39SW 17.01
NGR NT 30323 93001
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/53994
- Council Fife
- Parish Kirkcaldy And Dysart
- Former Region Fife
- Former District Kirkcaldy
- Former County Fife
NT39SW 22 30323 93001
Cave of Dysart [NAT]
(name repeated, centred at NT 30308 93006 and NT 30340 92992)
OS (GIS) MasterMap, November 2009.
St Serf had a retreat at Dysart, and the largest cave there still bears his name. It was a place of pilgrimage in the 16th century. No Christian symbols now remain on any of the caves at Dysart.
(Two adjacent caves shown on OS 1:1250 map, 1972.)
J Anderson 1881; A H Millar 1895.
