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Belton House

East Lothian, Scotland ยท Atlas SC3912

Location

Atlas number
SC3912 (3912)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
East Lothian
Historic county
East Lothian
Parish, community, or townland
Dunbar
National Grid reference
NT 6473 7714
Latitude
55.98598
Longitude
-2.56688
Altitude
24 m

Form and condition

Type
level-terrain fort
Condition
Cropmark
Morphology
partial bivallate and partial multivallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
3
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 2, SE 3, SW 0, NW 2
Number of ditches
2
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
0.57 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 (1991); Other (2000); Other (2013)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
8750
HER
East Lothian Council MEL2033
National record
record NT 67 NW 66; monument 77775
Wikidata
Q31096837

Sources