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Chesterhall

East Lothian, Scotland ยท Atlas SC3906

Location

Atlas number
SC3906 (3906)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
East Lothian
Historic county
East Lothian
Parish, community, or townland
Dunbar
National Grid reference
NT 6924 7669
Latitude
55.98229
Longitude
-2.49450
Altitude
35 m

Form and condition

Type
level-terrain fort
Condition
Cropmark
Morphology
partial bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
2
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 2, SE 0, SW 2, NW 2
Number of ditches
2
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
0.4 ha
Footprint
0.61 ha
Also recorded
ditches

Landscape

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

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Written Reference (1954); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1966)

Identifiers

HER
East Lothian Council MEL1555
National record
record NT 67 NE 58; monument 57662
Wikidata
Q31096659

Sources