In 1882-4, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland described Fife Ness like this:
Fife Ness, a low headland in Crail parish, Fife, 2 miles NE of Crail town, 5 N by W of the Isle of May, and 16 NNE of North Berwick. It flanks the northern side of the entrance of the Firth of Forth, is the most easterly point in Fife, and terminates the tract popularly called the East Neuk of Fife. It has traces of a defensive wall running across it, and said to have been constructed by the Danes in 874 to cover an invasive debarkation; and it is subtended for a considerable distance seaward by a dangerous reef, noticed in our article on CARR.—Ord. Sur., sh. 51, 1857.
Fife Ness through time
Fife Ness is now part of Fife district. Click here for graphs and data of how Fife has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Fife Ness itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Fife Ness in Fife | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21805
Date accessed: 22nd May 2024
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