Kinkell, Fife

The braes are now occupied by modern structures such as a caravan park, waste treatment plant, farm and golf course.

Kinkell Cave is of considerable size, extending into the Brae, roofed by a smooth mass of rock that reaches up at an acute angle from the east side of the floor.

This is an eroded volcanic plug with a tall stack and with a structure resembling a spinning wheel at its base, made from twisted basalt columns.

[6] The sixteenth-century Book of Assumptions said the Provost of St Mary's held the lands of Kinkell at the time of writing.

[4] The castle or manor house of Kinkell was a little inland from the Rock or Needle of St Andrews, where it was said that William Wallace killed three Englishmen who had taken refuge.

[1] Early in 1674 the celebrated preacher John Blackadder had come to speak to a crowd that filled two chambers, a long gallery and the courtyard.

The wife of Archbishop Sharp had the town militia sent to break up the meeting, and they were accompanied by various young men and ruffians out for sport.