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Wester Pencaitland
East Lothian, Scotland ยท Atlas SC3778
Location
- Atlas number
- SC3778 (3778)
- Country
- Scotland
- Current county or unitary authority
- East Lothian
- Historic county
- East Lothian
- Parish, community, or townland
- Pencaitland
- National Grid reference
- NT 4363 6853
- Latitude
- 55.90668
- Longitude
- -2.90313
- Altitude
- 91 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort and multiple enclosure
- 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
- 1.3 ha
- Enclosure areas
- 0.55 ha, 1.3 ha
- Footprint
- 1.7 ha
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (East)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- knoll or outcrop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- arable
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1971); Other (1993)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 5746
- HER
- East Lothian Council MEL371
- National record
- record NT 46 NW 39; monument 54732
- Wikidata
- Q31096543
Sources