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Castlethorn
West Lothian, Scotland ยท Atlas SC1841
Location
- Atlas number
- SC1841 (1841)
- Country
- Scotland
- Current county or unitary authority
- West Lothian
- Historic county
- West Lothian
- Parish, community, or townland
- Torphichen
- National Grid reference
- NS 9744 7244
- Latitude
- 55.93409
- Longitude
- -3.64328
- Altitude
- 210 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 1
- Enclosed area
- 0.21 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- rubble
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (West)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- pasture and heather moorland
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- Other (1982); Other (1985); Other (2005); Other (2014)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 11242
- HER
- The West of Scotland Archaeology Service 17880
- National record
- record NS 97 SE 53; monument 47960
- Wikidata
- Q31095799
Sources