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Glen Cottage

East Lothian, Scotland ยท Atlas SC3929

Location

Atlas number
SC3929 (3929)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
East Lothian
Historic county
East Lothian
Parish, community, or townland
Dunbar
National Grid reference
NT 7000 7426
Latitude
55.96052
Longitude
-2.48195
Altitude
106 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 0, NW 1
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
0.2 ha
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (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 (1962); Other (1993)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
5843
HER
East Lothian Council MEL1862
National record
record NT 77 SW 28; monument 58931
Wikidata
Q31096921

Sources