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A type by the A917, in parish of Crail (Fife District), West end of Crail, Mayview, between West Braes and Temple Crescent. Metal cap lost. Carved benchmark on North face. Surveyed Milestone Society National ID: FF_CRAN00

The lower of a pair of leading lights, dating from the mid-late 19th century. Originally lit by gas, they have been lit by electricity since the 1980s.

The lower of a pair of leading lights, dating from the mid-late 19th century. Originally lit by gas, they have been lit by electricity since the 1980s.

According to Canmore [https://canmore.org.uk/site/305811/crail]: 'This milestone is situated on the SE side of the A917 public road in the SW end of Crail. It comprises a dressed sandstone block measuring 0.39m square by 0.66m in height and it is missing its cast-iron information cap, the E face of which once indicated the distances of 2¾ mile to Kilrenny, 14¼ miles to Largo Pier and 32 miles to Burntisland. The W face indicated the distances of ¼ mile to Crail and 3½ miles to Kingsbarns. There is an Ordnance Survey benchmark on the NE face of the stone'. The stone with its missing cast-iron cap was photographed by the Milestone Society [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6095591], but the cap had been replaced by 2011, when it appears to have been recently painted [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2795327]. It is now showing some rusty areas, and would benefit from another repaint.

Well vegetated crumbly cliff above the beach at Crail. The loose sandstone has been stabilised by netting.

The upper of a pair of leading lights above the beach at Crail. Sited beside Temple Crescent. Dating from the mid-late 19th century, they were originally lit by gas, but have been lit by electricity since the 1980s.

One of a pair of leading lights constructed to guide vessels along a safe channel to the entrance to Crail Harbour. This view shows the lower of the two lights, situated in a private garden below the main road through Crail. Lanterns were lit by gas until the 1980s when they were replaced by electric units. https://canmore.org.uk/site/70954/crail-temple-crescent-lower-mead-light-beacon

The Ordnance Survey cut mark is on the side of the milestone. For a wider view of the stone Image and for further information on the bench mark and others in the area http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm38156

The white pillar left of centre is the more forward of a pair of leading lights indicating the safe course into this harbour.

Newly refurbished milestone on Anstruther Road in Crail.