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Bara

East Lothian, Scotland ยท Atlas SC3859

Location

Atlas number
SC3859 (3859)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
East Lothian
Historic county
East Lothian
Parish, community, or townland
Garvald And Bara
National Grid reference
NT 5690 6956
Latitude
55.91728
Longitude
-2.69112
Altitude
175 m

Form and condition

Type
promontory fort
Condition
Cropmark
Morphology
partial bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
2
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 0, SE 2, SW 0, NW 0
Number of ditches
2
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
1.2 ha
Also recorded
ditches

Landscape

Topographic position
inland promontory and hillslope
Aspect
northwest
Land use
pasture and arable

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Written Reference (1999)

Identifiers

HER
East Lothian Council MEL8935
National record
record NT 56 NE 90; monument 273365
Wikidata
Q31096506

Sources