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The Chesters, Spott
East Lothian, Scotland ยท Atlas SC3913
Location
- Atlas number
- SC3913 (3913)
- Country
- Scotland
- Current county or unitary authority
- East Lothian
- Historic county
- East Lothian
- Parish, community, or townland
- Spott
- National Grid reference
- NT 6599 7393
- Latitude
- 55.95725
- Longitude
- -2.54626
- Altitude
- 190 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Extant and Cropmark
- Morphology
- bivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 2
- Number of ditches
- 2
- Possible original entrances
- 4
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 4
- Enclosed area
- 0.89 ha
- Footprint
- 2.7 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (North east); Simple Gap (South east); Oblique (South east); Oblique (South west); Simple Gap (South west); Hornwork (South west); Oblique (North west); Simple Gap (North west)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- arable
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Map Depiction (1773); Other (1853); Other (1893); Other (1913); Other (1954); Other (1966); Other (1993)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 5766
- HER
- East Lothian Council MEL1683
- National record
- record NT 67 SE 2; monument 57792
- Wikidata
- Q31096839
Sources
References
- Feachem, R W (1963) A guide to prehistoric Scotland. Batsford: London
- RCAHMS (1924) The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland. Eighth report with Inventory of Monuments and Constructions in the County of East Lothian. HMSO: Edinburgh