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Elginhaugh Bridge

Midlothian, Scotland ยท Atlas SC3754

Location

Atlas number
SC3754 (3754)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Midlothian
Historic county
Midlothian
Parish, community, or townland
Dalkeith
National Grid reference
NT 3243 6718
Latitude
55.89309
Longitude
-3.08188
Altitude
60 m

Form and condition

Type
level-terrain fort
Condition
Cropmark
Morphology
partial multivallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
3
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 3, SE 0, SW 0, NW 3
Number of ditches
3
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
0.12 ha
Footprint
0.43 ha
Also recorded
ditches

Landscape

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

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Written Reference (1964); Other (1995)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
6202
HER
Midlothian per East Lothian Council MEL8392
National record
record NT 36 NW 50; monument 53480
Wikidata
Q31096229

Sources