Fort at Scotstarvit Covert, Fife

Abstract

When mapped in 1892 on the 25-inch map, the oval enclosure, with a circular bank inside, at Scotstarvit Covert 3 marked as "Fort" was covered C.S.T.C. Pig. 1. Plan of Scotstarvit.with oak and beech trees.Its features must then have been distinct, as the details of an overgrown site are not easy to discern, and yet it is mapped quite accurately.In its present state only a trained archaeologist would recognise it as an ancient monument, for during the First World War the 1 For details I am indebted to the Keeper of the Bosenborg Castle, Copenhagen.It was last used in 1840.

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