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Brownrigg

East Lothian, Scotland ยท Atlas SC3898

Location

Atlas number
SC3898 (3898)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
East Lothian
Historic county
East Lothian
Parish, community, or townland
Prestonkirk
National Grid reference
NT 5543 8102
Latitude
56.02011
Longitude
-2.71651
Altitude
61 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Cropmark
Morphology
partial multivallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
5
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 5, SE 5, SW 5, NW 0
Number of ditches
5
Possible original entrances
2
Breaks through the ramparts
2
Enclosed area
0.4 ha
Footprint
1.1 ha
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Oblique (East); Oblique (South east)

Landscape

Topographic position
cliff, plateau edge, or scarp and spur
Aspect
level
Land use
woodland and arable

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Written Reference (1959); Other (1978)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
4116
HER
East Lothian Council MEL1296
National record
record NT 58 SE 35; monument 56702
Wikidata
Q31096752

Sources