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Downing Point is a battery and camp site located approximately 100 metres south of 22 The Inches in Fife, Scotland. The site represents a defensive installation of probable Civil War period date, reflecting the military fortifications constructed during the seventeenth-century conflicts that affected Scotland's coastal regions. The battery would have been positioned to command approaches along the Fife coastline, with associated camp structures indicating temporary or seasonal military occupation. The archaeological remains survive as earthwork features characteristic of early modern field fortifications of this era.
Downing Point, battery and camp 100m S of 22 The Inches is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM13685. View the official record →
Downing Point is a battery and camp site located approximately 100 metres south of 22 The Inches in Fife, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM13685.
Downing Point, battery and camp 100m S of 22 The Inches is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM13685.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Earl Cairnie or Harlow Cairn,cairn,The Warrens (3.3 km), Dalmeny Park,enclosures 420m N of Mansion Hill (4.5 km), Hunter’s Craig or Eagle Rock, rock carving, Dalmeny (5.7 km).
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