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Newbattle, Campwood
Midlothian, Scotland ยท Atlas SC3755
Location
- Atlas number
- SC3755 (3755)
- Country
- Scotland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Midlothian
- Historic county
- Midlothian
- Parish, community, or townland
- Newbattle
- National Grid reference
- NT 3595 6380
- Latitude
- 55.86315
- Longitude
- -3.02493
- Altitude
- 269 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 5
- Enclosed area
- 1.1 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
- Enclosing works, excavated
- earthen bank
- Entrance forms
- Oblique (West)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- woodland
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Map Depiction (1773); 1st Identified Written Reference (1794); Other (1853); Earthwork Survey (1913); Other (1924); Other (1955); Other (1975); Other (1995); Excavation (2009)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1164
- HER
- Midlothian per East Lothian Council MEL8439
- National record
- record NT 36 SE 1; monument 53537
- Wikidata
- Q31096140
Sources
References
- Cook, M (2009) 'Campwood Reinstatement, Midlothian (Newbattle parish), evaluation'. Disc Exc Scot, New ser, 10 (2009), 121
- RCAHMS (1929) The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland. Tenth report with Inventory of Monuments and Constructions in the Counties of Midlothian and West Lothian. HMSO: Edinburgh