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English: Monks' Cave. The Fife Coast once bristled with guns, ever ready against the threat of invasion or attack from the sea. Monk's Cave was one of those fortifications/gun batteries built in readiness for an attack. Here are three gun emplacements.

Also known as Charles Hill Coastal Artillery Battery http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/search/fr.cfm?rcn=CBA_DOB-3057

Mortimer's Deep and Inchcolm Island behind.

Islands of the Forth : https://www.geograph.org.uk/gallery/islands_of_the_forth_6400
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Author Simon Johnston
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Object location 56° 02′ 26″ N, 3° 18′ 25″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap. View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap info

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56°2'26.2"N, 3°18'25.2"W

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