© Mapbox · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Boundary data © Historic Environment Scotland
Preston Island is an artificial island in Fife, Scotland, created through human intervention to support industrial and domestic activity. The island was developed in association with coal mining and salt production, industries that characterised the Fife coastline from the medieval period onwards, with particular intensification during the early modern era. The site encompasses evidence of housing alongside industrial infrastructure, reflecting the integrated nature of settlement and resource extraction in this region. Preston Island represents an important example of how communities adapted the landscape to facilitate access to valuable mineral and chemical resources, with the physical remains documenting both the scale of these enterprises and the conditions of those who worked and lived there.
Preston Island,artificial island,coal mines,saltpans and housing is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5079. View the official record →
Preston Island is an artificial island in Fife, Scotland, created through human intervention to support industrial and domestic activity. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5079.
Preston Island,artificial island,coal mines,saltpans and housing 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 SM5079.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bonhard House,palisaded homestead 350m SSW of (5.8 km), Bonhard House,enclosure 500m SSW of (5.9 km), Antonine Wall,Inveravon,Roman camps 420m & 730m SE of (7.4 km).
Aubrey generates in-depth historical research for any address in Britain — drawing on scheduled monument data, Domesday records, Roman heritage, PAS finds and medieval history to reveal the complete story of a landscape.
Research the area around Preston Island,artificial island,coal mines,saltpans and housing