2019

NO6308 : Kilminning Castle

taken 5 years ago, near to Kirklands, Fife, Scotland

This is 1 of 11 images, with title Kilminning Castle in this square
Kilminning Castle
Kilminning Castle
The 'Castle' is a natural sandstone sea stack bombed during WW2 with bags of flour as practice by the RAF.

The Aberdeen steam trawler JANE ROSS ran ashore near Kilminning between Fifeness and Crail on Friday night. The crew were rescued by Crail fishermen, and the services of Anstruther lifeboat were not required. The vessel was bound from Aberdeen to Methil to coal when she stranded. The crew launched their small boat, but the painter snapped, and the boat drifted away to shore without them. It was later secured and anchored by a Crail fisherman. The trawler was aground at a notoriously dangerous spot about 200 yards from a house. The Crail vessel MAPLE LEAF set out and rescued the crew of nine and their belongings.
East Fife Observer, 20 September 1934.
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Geographical Context: Coastal Paths Grassland Estuary, Marine Rocks, Scree, Cliffs Primary Subject: Rock
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Fife Coastal Path [12] · Shore [5] · Sea Stack [3] Title Clusters: · Kilminning Castle [11] ·
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NO6308, 42 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Andrew Curtis   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 22 August, 2019   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 26 August, 2019
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NO 6321 0860 [10m precision]
WGS84: 56:16.1070N 2:35.7354W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NO 63199 08698
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SOUTH (about 180 degrees)
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