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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Remains of KNOCKDAVIE CASTLE | Knockdavie Castle Knockdavie Castle Knockdavie Castle Knockdavie Castle Knockdavie Castle |
Mr. Young Newbigging, Mr. D. Blackwood Orrock, Mr. John Walls, Mr. P Kennedy Aberdour, Mr Hutchison Town Clerk Burntisland |
036 | Part of the walls of a Small building Standing on the face and near the Summit of a Hill, the walls are not thick but they have an ancient appearance. the building does not appear to have been much larger than it is at present and looks much more like the ruins of a Farm house than a Castle. There is no tradition of it known to any person in the neighbourhood either with regard to the date of its erection, destruction or local History. It is useless to seek more information on the ground about this building, & Aberdour Castle and Church than I have done. I have given all that is known of them and if farther information be necessary it must be Sought out from amongst the County records in Cupar. |
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Plan 36C Burntisland Parish
Note: "On a Small eminence at Stenhouse in the northwest part of the parish, stands the ruins of a small fort or Castle, called Knockdavie. It belonged anciently to an individual of the name of Douglas, of whom some notice is taken in "The Judgement of God on Persecutors," appended to some of the old editions of the Scots Worthies." New Statistical Account
Note: This extract appears to establish a connection between Knockdavie and the history of one of the most Stiring points in Scottish history O.M.O [Ordnance Mapping Office]
[Situation] About 2ΒΌ Miles N.E. [North East] of the village of Aberdour
Ordnance Survey - Fife and Kinross counties, OS Name Books - Fife and Kinross county - Volume 134 - Parishes of Aberdour, Dalgety, Burntisland and Kinghorn, OS1/13/134
This volume contains information on the place names found in the parishes of Aberdour, Dalgety, Burntisland and Kinghorn.
Ordnance Survey - Fife and Kinross counties
Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the counties of Fife in the east of Scotland and Kinross in central Scotland. The boundaries of these counties were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.
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