Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Scotstarvet Tower

Scotstarvet Tower, a square, battlemented tower in Ceres parish, Fife, 2¼ miles S by W of Cupar. Standing on an eminence, it is 24 feet square, and 50 to 60 feet high, commands a fine view, and itself is widely conspicuous.—Ord. Sur., sh. 40, 1867.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

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Feature Description: "a square, battlemented tower"   (ADL Feature Type: "towers")
Administrative units: Ceres ScoP       Fife ScoCnty
Place: Scotstarvit

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