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White Knowe

East Lothian, Scotland ยท Atlas SC3869

Location

Atlas number
SC3869 (3869)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
East Lothian
Historic county
East Lothian
Parish, community, or townland
Yester
National Grid reference
NT 5385 6265
Latitude
55.85487
Longitude
-2.73877
Altitude
388 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
univallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
1
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
0.71 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank and palisade

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop
Aspect
level
Land use
pasture and heather moorland

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Interior surface
curvilinear platforms and other roundhouse evidence
Investigations
Other (1988)

Identifiers

HER
East Lothian Council MEL1915
National record
record NT 56 SW 25; monument 68377
Wikidata
Q31096515

Sources