PLEASE NOTE NEW PARKING CHARGES AT KINGSBARNS BEACH. Up to 2 hours is FREE but you must obtain and display a ticket from the ticket machine to avoid a fine. 2+ hours is £2 payable by card. There is a coin slot but it appears to have been disabled. Please bear in mind that you may need to allow 2+ hours to grab all the caches in this vicinity. Also please note that the toasted sandwich shack is closed on Tuesdays even in the summer.
Placed just off the Coastal Path, this cache affords great views of what remains of the old Kingsbarns Harbour. Parking is available at the nearby Kingsbarns beach, accessible from the village via Back Stile. There is a picnic area nearby and toilets and refreshments are available in the summer.
In 1810 a pier was built by the Earl of Kellie to provide shelter for the vessels used to transport grain and potatoes as far afield as Newcastle and London, and to bring in coal and tiles. In 1861-3 a local farmer extended the existing pier and built another to create a harbour. The stones used in the contruction were placed vertically (like in so many Fife harbours) in the belief this made it more difficult for the sea to lift them out of position.
The harbour that resulted could berth ships of up to 100 tons, but it rapidly deteriorated, and by the end of the century was only usable by small fishing boats. Today you can see the remains of the harbour walls at low tide but little else remains.
Cache is a small lock and lock box. Cache now has a pencil.