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Easterton Wood

Moray, Scotland ยท Atlas SC2934

Location

Atlas number
SC2934 (2934)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Moray
Historic county
Morayshire
Parish, community, or townland
Birnie
National Grid reference
NJ 2059 5668
Latitude
57.59321
Longitude
-3.33009
Altitude
65 m

Form and condition

Type
promontory fort
Condition
Cropmark
Morphology
partial bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
2
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 0, SE 2, SW 0, NW 0
Number of ditches
2
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
0.63 ha
Enclosure areas
0.16 ha, 0.63 ha
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (South)

Landscape

Topographic position
inland promontory
Aspect
level
Land use
commercial forestry, pasture, and arable

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Written Reference (1995)

Identifiers

HER
Moray per Aberdeenshire Council Nil record
National record
record NJ 25 NW 38; monument 148088
Wikidata
Q31104710

Sources