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Garvald Mains

East Lothian, Scotland ยท Atlas SC3848

Location

Atlas number
SC3848 (3848)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
East Lothian
Historic county
East Lothian
Parish, community, or townland
Garvald And Bara
National Grid reference
NT 5834 6979
Latitude
55.91942
Longitude
-2.66815
Altitude
185 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
1
Enclosed area
0.53 ha
Footprint
0.91 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank and rubble
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (South east)

Landscape

Topographic position
spur
Aspect
level
Land use
pasture

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1773); 1st Identified Written Reference (1794); Other (1853); Other (1892); Earthwork Survey (1913); Other (1954); Other (1965); Other (1994)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
6037
HER
East Lothian Council MEL696
National record
record NT 56 NE 4; monument 56095
Wikidata
Q31096972

Sources

References

  1. Feachem, R W (1963) A guide to prehistoric Scotland. Batsford: London
  2. 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