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Kilmurdie
East Lothian, Scotland ยท Atlas SC3900
Location
- Atlas number
- SC3900 (3900)
- Country
- Scotland
- Current county or unitary authority
- East Lothian
- Historic county
- East Lothian
- Parish, community, or townland
- Dirleton
- National Grid reference
- NT 5393 8355
- Latitude
- 56.04266
- Longitude
- -2.74105
- Altitude
- 65 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Cropmark
- Morphology
- multivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 5
- Ramparts by quadrant
- NE 4, SE 4, SW 5, NW 4
- Number of ditches
- 5
- Possible original entrances
- 4
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 4
- Enclosed area
- 0.58 ha
- Footprint
- 2.9 ha
- Also recorded
- multi-period enclosure system and ditches
- Entrance forms
- Over-lapping (North east); Blocked (North east); Oblique (South east); Simple Gap (South east); Hornwork (South east); Simple Gap (South west); Oblique (South west); Hornwork (South west); Simple Gap (North west); Oblique (North west); Over-lapping (North west); Hornwork (North west)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- knoll or outcrop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- arable
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1853); Other (1962); Other (1975); Other (1993)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 5867
- HER
- East Lothian Council MEL1334
- National record
- record NT 58 SW 11; monument 56740
- Wikidata
- Q31096755
Sources
References
- Name Book, Ordnance Survey Object Name Books (6 inch and 1/2500 scale); available http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/