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Bell Craig

East Lothian, Scotland ยท Atlas SC3917

Location

Atlas number
SC3917 (3917)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
East Lothian
Historic county
East Lothian
Parish, community, or townland
Spott
National Grid reference
NT 6744 7398
Latitude
55.95777
Longitude
-2.52300
Altitude
145 m

Form and condition

Type
promontory fort
Condition
Cropmark
Morphology
partial bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
2
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 0, SE 0, SW 0, NW 2
Number of ditches
2
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
0.26 ha
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (North west)

Landscape

Topographic position
inland promontory
Aspect
level
Land use
pasture and arable

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Written Reference (1981); Other (1993)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
5768
HER
East Lothian Council MEL1677
National record
record NT 67 SE 14; monument 57786
Wikidata
Q31096881

Sources