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Sheriffside

East Lothian, Scotland ยท Atlas SC3855

Location

Atlas number
SC3855 (3855)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
East Lothian
Historic county
East Lothian
Parish, community, or townland
Garvald And Bara
National Grid reference
NT 5544 6721
Latitude
55.89606
Longitude
-2.71408
Altitude
160 m

Form and condition

Type
promontory fort
Condition
Cropmark
Morphology
partial univallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
1
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 1, SE 0, SW 0, NW 0
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
0.72 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
palisade
Also recorded
ditches

Landscape

Topographic position
inland promontory
Aspect
level
Land use
arable

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
Other (1981)

Identifiers

HER
East Lothian Council MEL702
National record
record NT 56 NE 45; monument 56101
Wikidata
Q31096495

Sources