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Doon Hill

East Lothian, Scotland ยท Atlas SC3910

Location

Atlas number
SC3910 (3910)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
East Lothian
Historic county
East Lothian
Parish, community, or townland
Spott
National Grid reference
NT 6847 7565
Latitude
55.97287
Longitude
-2.50668
Altitude
177 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
1
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
0.63 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
palisade
Also recorded
ditches

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop
Aspect
level
Land use
pasture and arable

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Written Reference (1977); Other (1993)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
5764
HER
East Lothian Council MEL1596
National record
record NT 67 NE 95; monument 57704
Wikidata
Q31096823

Sources