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Hillwood

City of Edinburgh, Scotland ยท Atlas SC3702

Location

Atlas number
SC3702 (3702)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
City of Edinburgh
Historic county
Midlothian
Parish, community, or townland
Ratho
National Grid reference
NT 1327 7146
Latitude
55.92840
Longitude
-3.38956
Altitude
105 m

Form and condition

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

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop
Aspect
level
Land use
woodland and arable

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Written Reference (1990)

Identifiers

HER
City of Edinburgh
National record
record NT 17 SW 92; monument 73506
Wikidata
Q31117929

Sources