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East Fenton

East Lothian, Scotland ยท Atlas SC3901

Location

Atlas number
SC3901 (3901)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
East Lothian
Historic county
East Lothian
Parish, community, or townland
Dirleton
National Grid reference
NT 5242 8151
Latitude
56.02418
Longitude
-2.76481
Altitude
30 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Cropmark
Morphology
partial univallate, partial bivallate, and partial multivallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
4
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 4, SE 2, SW 1, NW 4
Number of ditches
4
Possible original entrances
2
Breaks through the ramparts
2
Enclosed area
0.1 ha
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (East); Simple Gap (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 (1975); Other (2003)

Identifiers

HER
East Lothian Council MEL1377
National record
record NT 58 SW 47; monument 56783
Wikidata
Q31096643

Sources