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General Information

  • Registration number
    0297
  • Date constructed
    1500s
  • Century constructed
    1501-1600
  • Evidence proof date
    bees kept here up to 1939
  • Evidence proof use
    bees kept here up to 1939
  • Listed building grade
    N/A
  • Condition
    3

Address

  • Address
    Edenshead
  • Village or town
    Cupar
  • County
    Fife
  • Traditional County (pre 1974)
    Fife
  • Region
    Scotland

Premises

  • Accessible
    Private
  • Location on Premises
    Garden
  • Direction faced
    SW

Structure Information

  • Structure
    B: Bee bole(s)
  • External recesses
    6
  • Internal recesses
    N/A
  • Compartments
    N/A
  • Flight holes
    N/A
  • Front shape
    Rectangle
  • Back shape
    Rounded
  • Recess size
    20x20x20
  • House building shape
    N/A
  • External structure
    N/A
  • Distance apart
    c.14
  • Rows
    2
  • Shelves
    N/A
  • Height bases shelves
    10,c.36
  • Wall material
    Stone (sand)
  • Base shelf material
    N/A
  • Lintel material
    N/A
  • Roof material
    N/A

Photography Information

  • Date of photograph
    2006
  • Pictures available
    BT: B/W photo(s) & transparency(ies)

Notes

  • 2 rows of 3+3; whole structure projects 15 in.; 4 iron hinges were probably for doors; may have been used by monks of Balmerino Abbey

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