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Carfrae
East Lothian, Scotland ยท Atlas SC3850
Location
- Atlas number
- SC3850 (3850)
- Country
- Scotland
- Current county or unitary authority
- East Lothian
- Historic county
- East Lothian
- Parish, community, or townland
- Garvald And Bara
- National Grid reference
- NT 5799 6927
- Latitude
- 55.91478
- Longitude
- -2.67358
- Altitude
- 190 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort and level-terrain fort
- Condition
- Cropmark
- Morphology
- partial multivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- No
- Number of ramparts
- 4
- Ramparts by quadrant
- NE 4, SE 0, SW 3, NW 4
- Number of ditches
- 4
- Possible original entrances
- 0
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 0
- Enclosed area
- 0.31 ha
- Footprint
- 1.8 ha
- Also recorded
- ditches
Landscape
- Topographic position
- cliff, plateau edge, or scarp
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- pasture and arable
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Finds
- metal
- Investigations
- Other (1773); 1st Identified Written Reference (1794); Other (1853); Other (1913); Other (1965); Other (1994)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 6048
- HER
- East Lothian Council MEL707
- National record
- record NT 56 NE 7; monument 56106
- Wikidata
- Q31096983
Sources
References
- Name Book, Ordnance Survey Object Name Books (6 inch and 1/2500 scale); available http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/
- 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