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Preston Toll

East Lothian, Scotland ยท Atlas SC3777

Location

Atlas number
SC3777 (3777)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
East Lothian
Historic county
East Lothian
Parish, community, or townland
Ormiston
National Grid reference
NT 4119 6557
Latitude
55.87978
Longitude
-2.94146
Altitude
137 m

Form and condition

Type
level-terrain fort
Condition
Cropmark
Morphology
bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
2
Number of ditches
2
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
0.66 ha
Footprint
1.4 ha
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (North east)

Landscape

Topographic position
lowland
Aspect
level
Land use
arable

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Written Reference (1959); Other (1993)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
5743
HER
East Lothian Council MEL365
National record
record NT 46 NW 33; monument 54726
Wikidata
Q31096540

Sources