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PARISH OF KINGHORN (Detached)
PLAN 41A
INDEX
Names of Objects -- Pages
Parish of Kinghorn -- 13
East Stell -- 9
Fort (Remains of) - 6
Inch Keith -- 3
Inch Keith Lighthouse -- 5
Iron Craig -- 11
Kirkcaldy Harbour -- 7
Kinghorn Harbour -- 9
Lighthouse (For Trial Lights) -- 8
Long Craig -- 8
Leith Harbour -- 11
North Well -- 7
Silly Carr Rock -- 10
The Cawcans -- 10
West Stell -- 10
West Well -- 12 |
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INCH KEITH |
InchKeith
InchKeith
Inch Keith
Inch Keith
Inch-Keith
Inch-Keith
InchKeith
Inch Keith
Inch Keith
InchKeith Island |
Mr. R. Brown Lighthouse Keeper
Mr. A. Brown Lighthouse Keeper
Co. [County] Map 1847
Map of Gt. [GReat] Britain in Thomsons Atlas.
Fullarton's Gazetteer.
Sinclair's Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] vol [Volume] 12 p.233
Index to Stat. Acct. Vol [Statistical Account Volume] 21
Cary's Map of Scotland
Ainslie's Map of Scotland
Johnston's Map of Fife & Kinross |
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[situation] N.E. [Northeast] from the Town of Leith.
An island in the frith of Forth about three miles South East of Pettycur and 5 northeast from Leith. It belongs to the parish of Kinghorn in Fifeshire and is about three fourth of a mile in length and on average one eight of a mile in breadth. The surface is very uneven and rocky, nevertheless it is in some places productive of good herbage well suited for pasturing horses and cattle. The island abounds in springs of excellent water, which are collected in a cistern, called the West Well, near the harbour from which the shipping in Leith Roads are supplied. It formerly belonged to the family of Keith, afterwards Earls Marischal, and from them received the name it now bears. latterly it became the property of the present proprietor the Duke of Buccleugh, in 1549 Inch Keith was fortified by the English, and soon after taken and repaired by the French, see description, in 1803 a lighthouse was erected a little north of the fortification, on about the summit of the Island, and was lighted in 1804, see description. |
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Parish of Kinghorn
[Note - Authorities] Information partly taken from Fullarton's Gazetteer of Scotland. |
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INCH KEITH LIGHTHOUSE |
Inch Keith Lighthouse
Inch Keith Lighthouse |
Joseph Brown
John Brown |
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[situation About the centre of the Island.
A lighthouse erected on Inch Keith Island in the year 1803 and lighted in 1804 as a stationary light but in 1815 it was changed to a revolving light as at present. It is elevated about 235 feet above the medium level of the sea. On the 1st October 1835 the reflecting light was discontinued and a dioptric light placed in its stead. It consists of seven annular lenses, which revolve around a lamp of three concentric wicks, and produce bright flashes once in every minute, and of five rows of curved mirrors which being fixed, served to prolong the duration of the flashes from the lenses. The appearance of the new light does not, therefore, materially differ from that of the former one, excepting that the flashes, which recur at the same time are more brilliant and of shorter duration. On the south side of the lighthouse is the following inscription. "For the direction of mariners, and the benefit of commerce, this Lighthouse was erected by order of the Commissioners of the Northern Lighthouses. It was founded on the 1st May in the year 1803 and lighted on the 14th September 1804., Thomas Smith Engineer" |
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5 Parish of Kinghorn
[Note] A good part of this information is taken from Fullarton's Gazetteer, ratified by the Keepers, Messrs. Brown. |
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FORT (Remains of) [Inch Keith] |
Fort (Remains of)
Fort (Remains of)
ruins of a Fort |
John Brown
Joseph Brown
Sinclairs Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] |
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[situation] About 5 Chains S. [South] of the Lighthouse.
The remains of a fortification first erected in 1549, by the English, then in Scotland under the Duke of Somerset. Having been taken from the English by the French who at that time possessed Leith the works erected by the lately dislodged occupants, were thrown down, and a more complete fortification was erected in its place. On a part of the Fort which remained until about the end of the last century were the initials M.R. and the date 1336, In the year 1567 by an Act of the Scottish Parliament the Fort was destroyed to prevent it of being of used to the English. Nothing remains of it now, but a small portion of a wall about 10 or 12 links wide and that in a very dilapidated state. |
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6 Parish of Kinghorn
[Note] German Text
[Quotation] Ext [Excerpt]: from Old Stat: [Statistical] Account. Vol: [Volume] 12: Page 233.
"Upon Inch Keith, a small island between Kinghorn and Leith and which is considered as belonging to this parish there are the ruins of a fort which was in repair in the reign of Queen Mary of Scotland and which was then garrisoned by French Soldiers." |
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NORTH WELL [Inch Keith] |
North Well
North Well |
John Brown
Joseph Brown |
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[situation] About 10 chains N. [North] of the Lighthouse.
An excellent well.on the north end of Inch Keith Island. It is arched with [Lintle] and Stone and protected from the Cattle by a door. |
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KIRKCALDY HARBOUR [Inch Keith] |
Kirkcaldy Harbour
Kirkcaldy Harbour |
John Carnie
Joseph Brown |
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[situation] About 10 Chains N.N.E. [North North East] from the Lighthouse.
A small harbour or landing place for small Boats, on the East side of Inch Keith Island. opposite to Kirkcaldy, hence the name. |
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LIGHTHOUSE (For Trial Lights) [Inch Keith] |
Trying Lighthouse
Trying Lighthouse |
John Carnie
Joseph Brown |
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[situation] About 5 chains S. [South] from the Lighthouse.
A small circular house on the remains of the old fortification, on Inch Keith Island. erected by the Lighthouse Commissioners, as a place for trying the lights previous to they being transferred to Stationary Lighthouses. |
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LONG CRAIG [Inch Keith] |
Long Craig
Long Craig
Black or Long Craig |
John Carnie
John Brown
Johnston's Map |
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[situation] At the South end of the Island.
A long rock at the south end of Inch Keith accessable from the Island on foot only at very low spring tides. A small portion of the rock is seen at High Water. |
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8 Parish of Kinghorn |
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EAST STELL [Inch Keith] |
East Stell
East Stell
East Stile |
John Carnie
Joseph Brown
Johnston's Map |
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[situation] At the N. [North] end of the Island.
This name applies to the North East extremity of Inch Keith Island. It is a bold rocky face, and affords shelter to Boats on the West side, in Kinghorn harbour. |
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KINGHORN HARBOUR [Inch Keith] |
Kinghorn Harbour
Kinghorn Harbour |
John Carnie
Joseph Brown |
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[situation] N.N.W. [North North West] portion of the Island.
A harbour or bay at the north end of Inch Keith Island, formed and protected by East and West Still. It has got the name from being opposite to Kinghorn |
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9 Parish of Kinghorn |
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WEST STELL |
West Stell
West Stell
West Stile |
John Brown
Joseph Brown
Johnston's Map |
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[situation] W. [West] side of Kinghorn Harbour
A small rocky projection on the North West end of Inch Keith Island which offers shelter to boats from the Westerly winds. |
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SILLYCARR ROCK |
Silly carr Rock
Silly carr Rock |
John Brown
Joseph Brown |
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[situation] About 25 Ch. W. [Chains West] from the lighthouse.
A large rock on the east side of Inch Keith, only a small portion of which, can be observed at high water. on it is a Trigonometrical Station called by Trigl. [Trigonometrical] Party Petticar Rock. |
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THE CAWCANS |
The Cawcans
The Cawcans |
John Brown
John Carnie |
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[situation] Runng. N.&S. [Running North & South] on the N.W. [Northwest] side of the Island.
A rugged rocky precipice on the West side of Inch Keith. how it got its name I could not learn. |
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10 Parish of Kinghorn |
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IRON CRAIG |
Iron Craig
Iron Craig |
John Carnie
John Brown |
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[situation] Nearly 1/2 Mile S. [South] by W. [West] from the Lighthouse.
A middling sized rock situated on the West side of Inch Keith and convenient to the South end. A small portion of it is seen at high water. on it is a Trigl. [Trigonometrical] Station called by Trigl. [Trigonometrical] Party "Iron Craig" |
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LEITH HARBOUR [Inch Keith] |
Leith Harbour
Leith Harbour |
John Carnie
Joseph Brown |
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[situation] about 10 Chains S.S.W. [South South West] from the Lighthouse.
A small natural harbour on the West Side of Inch Keith opposite Leith Town from which it gets the name. It is protected on the North West side by an artificial pier extending for a short distance into the sea and forms a landing place. |
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WEST WELL [Inch Keith] |
West Well
West Well |
John Carnie
Joseph Brown |
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[situation] S. [South] end of the Cawcans.
A very good spring over which a well or small cistern has been hewn out and other springs in the Island collected to it, from which the shipping in Leith Roads are supplied. |
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KINGHORN [parish] |
Parish of Kinghorn
Parish of Kinghorn
Parish of Kinghorn
Parish of Kinghorn |
Fullarton's Gazr. [Gazetteer]
Map of Gt. [Great] Britain
[Carens] Map of Scotland
Old Stat: [Statistical] Account |
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[situation] Detached Portion of Kinghorn Par. [Parish] in the Island of Inch Keith.
Abridgd. [Abridged] from Fullarton's Gazetteer.
A parish in Fifeshire on the shore of the frith of forth the surface of the parish is beautifully deversified by rising ground & the whole has been brought to a high state of cultivation. It was in riding from Inverkeithing towards the Castle of Kinghorn that Alexander III [3rd] was killed in 1285 - 6 an accident which occasioned so much trouble & shedding of blood in Scotland. Near the rock fatal to Scotlands peace is a mineral well which was rather famous in early times.
The parish is in the Presbytery of Kirkcaldy and Synod of Fife. Patron the Earl of Strathmore. the parish church is situated in the ancient royal burgh of Kinghorn which is the principal town in the parish. it was built in 1774 and contains sittings for about 700.
A portion of the parish including Westbridge has been annexed to the quoad sacra parish of Invertiel or Westbridge. |
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13 Island of Inch Keith (Parish of Kinghorn) (Detached)
[Note] The Island of Inch Keith belongs in this parish.
[signed] James Carpenter C.Asst [Civilian Assistant] 27th Dec. 1853
[signed] N. James Cap RE [Captain, Royal Engineers] 30 Dec 1853 |
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"Carens or Careys" probably Cary's Map of Scotland 1801. See NLS collection. |
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14 [Title Page]
Co. [County of] FIFE
PLAN 41A.
Names of Parishes -- Pages
Kinghorn (Detached) -- 1 |
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