East Gateway, Pittencrieff Park, Dunfermline

Early 20th century gateway; railings Thomas Hadden, 1950. Pair of double wrought-iron gates with square-plan sandstone ashlar gatepiers; wrought-iron railings on chamfered sandstone ashlar base in between. Free classical design with rusticated gatepiers surmounted by broken pediment ends. Bases and band courses to gatepiers. Scrollwork panels and foliage to gates and railings; thistle finials to gates/stanchions.

BOUNDARY WALL: various dates, 18th century onwards. Mainly coursed sandstone rubble and low railed coursed sandstone and sandstone rubble walls. Encloses an area of 76 acres. Minor gateway construced in 1912 at S end of St Margaret Street; flanking low coped sandstone walls surmounted by decorative wrought-iron railings, of similar design to those flanking gateway on the Wynd; both railings and gates incorporate wrought-iron scrollwork. Railings enclosing park along Monastery Street are of similar design and date. Cast-iron gate incorporating decorative Art Nouveau metalwork to W of remains of Abbey Palace.