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Bolton
East Lothian, Scotland ยท Atlas SC3886
Location
- Atlas number
- SC3886 (3886)
- Country
- Scotland
- Current county or unitary authority
- East Lothian
- Historic county
- East Lothian
- Parish, community, or townland
- Bolton
- National Grid reference
- NT 5054 7036
- Latitude
- 55.92389
- Longitude
- -2.79299
- Altitude
- 93 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Cropmark
- Morphology
- multivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 5
- Ramparts by quadrant
- NE 3, SE 3, SW 3, NW 5
- Number of ditches
- 5
- Possible original entrances
- 2
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 2
- Enclosed area
- 0.5 ha
- Footprint
- 1.5 ha
- Also recorded
- multi-period enclosure system and ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (North); Hornwork (South west)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- arable
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1962); Other (1973); Other (1975)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 3309
- HER
- East Lothian Council MEL1125
- National record
- record NT 57 SW 38; monument 56527
- Wikidata
- Q31096724
Sources