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Glen Cottage

East Lothian, Scotland ยท Atlas SC3925

Location

Atlas number
SC3925 (3925)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
East Lothian
Historic county
East Lothian
Parish, community, or townland
Dunbar
National Grid reference
NT 7046 7427
Latitude
55.96066
Longitude
-2.47463
Altitude
91 m

Form and condition

Type
level-terrain fort
Condition
Cropmark
Morphology
partial univallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
1
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 1, SE 0, SW 1, NW 1
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
0.13 ha
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (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
1st Identified Written Reference (1948); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1966); Other (1993)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
5846
HER
East Lothian Council MEL1842
National record
record NT 77 SW 1; monument 58911
Wikidata
Q31096896

Sources