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Drem, The Chesters
East Lothian, Scotland ยท Atlas SC3872
Location
- Atlas number
- SC3872 (3872)
- Country
- Scotland
- Current county or unitary authority
- East Lothian
- Historic county
- East Lothian
- Parish, community, or townland
- Athelstaneford
- National Grid reference
- NT 5076 7826
- Latitude
- 55.99480
- Longitude
- -2.79097
- Altitude
- 83 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- multivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 6
- Ramparts by quadrant
- NE 6, SE 3, SW 6, NW 5
- Number of ditches
- 3
- Possible original entrances
- 3
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 3
- Enclosed area
- 0.96 ha
- Enclosure areas
- 0.47 ha, 0.96 ha
- Footprint
- 2.6 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank and rubble
- Enclosing works, excavated
- earthen bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Hornwork (East); Simple Gap (South); Over-lapping (North west); Simple Gap (West); Oblique (North west)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- knoll or outcrop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- pasture and heather moorland
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Interior surface
- round stone structures
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Map Depiction (1773); 1st Identified Written Reference (1835); Other (1853); Other (1893); Earthwork Survey (1895); Earthwork Survey (1914); Other (1923); Other (1956); Other (1975); Earthwork Survey (1975); Excavation (1976); Other (1976)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 90072
- HER
- East Lothian Council MEL881
- National record
- record NT 57 NW 1; monument 56280
- Wikidata
- Q31096674
Sources
References
- Connolly, D (2013) 'Athelstaneford, The Chesters Season 4, Survey'. Disc Exc Scot, New Ser, 14 (2013), 68
- Connolly, D and Cook, M (2010a) 'The Chesters Season 1, East Lothian (Athelstaneford parish), survey'. Disc Exc Scot, New Ser, 11 (2010), 59
- Connolly, D and Cook, M (2010b) The Chesters, Drem, East Lothian: Erosion and Topographic Survey Part 1. Unpublished report available http://www.rampartscotland.co.uk/index.php/publications/
- Connolly, D and Cook, M (2011) 'The Chesters Season 2, East Lothian (Athelstaneford parish).' Disc Exc Scot, New Ser, 12 (2011), 63
- Connolly, D and Cook, M (2012) The Chesters, Drem, East Lothian: Erosion and Topographic Survey Season 2. Unpublished report available http://www.rampartscotland.co.uk/index.php/publications/
- Connolly, D and Cook, M (2013) The Chesters, Drem, East Lothian: Erosion and Topographic Survey Season 3. Unpublished report available http://www.rampartscotland.co.uk/index.php/publications/
- Cunningham, J H (1896) 'Notes on the 'Chesters,' a Fort near Drem'. Proc Soc Antiq Scot 30 (1895-96), 267-9
- Feachem, R W (1963) A guide to prehistoric Scotland. Batsford: London
- NSA (1834-1845) The new statistical account of Scotland by the ministers of the respective parishes under the superintendence of a committee of the society for the benefit of the sons and daughters of the clergy.
- 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
- Yates, M J (1976) 'The Chesters Fort'. Disc Exc Scot (1976), 32-3