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Abercorn
West Lothian, Scotland ยท Atlas SC3689
Location
- Atlas number
- SC3689 (3689)
- Country
- Scotland
- Current county or unitary authority
- West Lothian
- Historic county
- West Lothian
- Parish, community, or townland
- Abercorn
- National Grid reference
- NT 0751 7842
- Latitude
- 55.98984
- Longitude
- -3.48420
- Altitude
- 53 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Cropmark
- Morphology
- partial bivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- No
- Number of ramparts
- 2
- Ramparts by quadrant
- NE 2, SE 2, SW 0, NW 0
- Number of ditches
- 2
- Possible original entrances
- 0
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 0
- Enclosed area
- 0.5 ha
- Also recorded
- ditches
Landscape
- Topographic position
- knoll or outcrop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- woodland and arable
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1959)
Identifiers
- HER
- The West of Scotland Archaeology Service 18055
- National record
- record NT 07 NE 24; monument 49141
- Wikidata
- Q31095778
Sources