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Gogar

City of Edinburgh, Scotland ยท Atlas SC3701

Location

Atlas number
SC3701 (3701)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
City of Edinburgh
Historic county
Midlothian
Parish, community, or townland
Edinburgh
National Grid reference
NT 1664 7253
Latitude
55.93861
Longitude
-3.33607
Altitude
45 m

Form and condition

Type
level-terrain fort
Condition
Cropmark
Morphology
partial bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
2
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 2, SE 0, SW 2, NW 2
Number of ditches
2
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
0.24 ha
Also recorded
ditches

Landscape

Topographic position
cliff, plateau edge, or scarp
Aspect
level
Land use
arable

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Written Reference (1984); Other (1988)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
4573
HER
City of Edinburgh
National record
record NT 17 SE 56; monument 50705
Wikidata
Q31117995

Sources