Campaigners have been left “angry and upset” after a developer knocked down a 250-year-old wall.

Work to demolish the sandstone wall on Falkland’s Pleasance had been delayed to allow a new working group to examine safety and conservation issues.

Councillors said they were “absolutely livid” when they discovered that a 20m (65ft) section had been knocked down.

Locals have blocked access to another section of wall. Developer Lomond Homes said the wall could not be made safe.

A report by structural engineers had said that the wall should be knocked down for health and safety reasons.

However, a meeting took place on Tuesday between Fife Council and Lomond Homes.

This produced a verbal agreement that only the top part of the wall, which posed an immediate risk to the public, was to be removed until a further meeting with Historic Scotland took place on Friday.

Topics