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Thorntonloch
East Lothian, Scotland ยท Atlas SC3924
Location
- Atlas number
- SC3924 (3924)
- Country
- Scotland
- Current county or unitary authority
- East Lothian
- Historic county
- East Lothian
- Parish, community, or townland
- Innerwick
- National Grid reference
- NT 7511 7409
- Latitude
- 55.95922
- Longitude
- -2.40023
- Altitude
- 22 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Cropmark
- Morphology
- partial bivallate and partial multivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- No
- Number of ramparts
- 3
- Ramparts by quadrant
- NE 0, SE 3, SW 2, NW 0
- Number of ditches
- 3
- Possible original entrances
- 2
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 2
- Enclosed area
- 0.33 ha
- Footprint
- 0.7 ha
- Also recorded
- multi-period enclosure system and ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (East); Blocked (East); Simple Gap (South west); Blocked (South west)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- cliff, plateau edge, or scarp
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- arable
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- Earthwork Survey (1919); Other (1924); Other (1966)
Identifiers
- HER
- East Lothian Council MEL1832
- National record
- record NT 77 SE 5; monument 58892
- Wikidata
- Q31096754
Sources
References
- Craw, J H (1922) 'Traces of an early fort at Thornton-Loch, East Lothian'. Hist Berwickshire Natur Club 24 (1919-22), 106
- 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