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Play Hill, Crichton
Midlothian, Scotland ยท Atlas SC3756
Location
- Atlas number
- SC3756 (3756)
- Country
- Scotland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Midlothian
- Historic county
- Midlothian
- Parish, community, or townland
- Crichton
- National Grid reference
- NT 3840 6190
- Latitude
- 55.84640
- Longitude
- -2.98536
- Altitude
- 210 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 2
- Enclosed area
- 0.4 ha
- Footprint
- 0.85 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (South)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- knoll or outcrop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- woodland and parkland
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Map Depiction (1821); Other (1853); Other (1913); Other (1955); Other (1975); Earthwork Survey (1981); Other (1995)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 6231
- HER
- Midlothian per East Lothian Council MEL8484
- National record
- record NT 36 SE 5; monument 53582
- Wikidata
- Q31096151
Sources
References
- Feachem, R (1963) A guide to prehistoric Scotland. Batsford: London
- Name Book, Ordnance Survey Object Name Books (6 inch and 1/2500 scale); available http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/
- 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