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Dodridge Law
East Lothian, Scotland ยท Atlas SC3783
Location
- Atlas number
- SC3783 (3783)
- Country
- Scotland
- Current county or unitary authority
- East Lothian
- Historic county
- East Lothian
- Parish, community, or townland
- Ormiston
- National Grid reference
- NT 4207 6382
- Latitude
- 55.86410
- Longitude
- -2.92717
- Altitude
- 215 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Cropmark
- Morphology
- multivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 4
- Number of ditches
- 4
- Possible original entrances
- 0
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 0
- Enclosed area
- 0.5 ha
- Footprint
- 2.7 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
- Enclosing works, excavated
- stone wall
- Also recorded
- ditches
Landscape
- Topographic position
- spur
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- arable
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating evidence
- Artefactual
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Map Depiction (1755); Other (1773); 1st Identified Written Reference (1793); Other (1853); Other (1892); Other (1913); Other (1954); Other (1975); Other (1993)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 5754
- HER
- East Lothian Council MEL430
- National record
- record NT 46 SW 1; monument 54795
- Wikidata
- Q31096558
Sources
References
- RCAHMS (1924) The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland. Eighth report with Inventory of Monuments and Constructions in the County of East Lothian. HMSO: Edinburgh
- Stat Acct (date) Statistical Account of Scotland: Drawn up from the Communications of the Ministers of the Different Parishes (Sinclair, J ed), 1791-99