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The Grave of John Donaldson, who was killed in the Bowhill Pit Disaster, 31 October 1931. He is buried along with his wife, Elizabeth Mitchel (75) and daughter Isabella (65).

John Donaldson, Bowhill Pit Disaster, 1931 John Donaldson, Bowhill Pit Disaster, 1931


This is the old school on the outskirts of Kingskettle, nothing much out of the ordinary except if you look closer you will see two dark coloured slots in the corner of the wall.

This is in fact a cleverly camouflaged pill-box bunker, built during WW2 as part of the Fife Stop Line, which was designed to slow an invasion force down until reinforcements could arrive. The railway from Kirkcaldy to Newburgh formed a major part of this Stop Line.

The eastern and western corners of the wall have pill boxes built into them.

The bunkers have a field of fire which covers the Cupar to Falkland Road and the minor road out of Kingskettle.

The Kingskettle Bunker The Kingskettle Bunker