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Latitude: 55.8994 / 55°53'57"N
Longitude: -2.6779 / 2°40'40"W
OS Eastings: 357709
OS Northings: 667573
OS Grid: NT577675
Mapcode National: GBR 90R7.12
Mapcode Global: WH7V5.VZ0B
Entry Name: Snawdon,fort 600m WSW of
Scheduled Date: 10 October 1994
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM6106
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort)
Location: Garvald and Bara
County: East Lothian
Electoral Ward: Haddington and Lammermuir
Traditional County: East Lothian
The monument comprises the remains of a bivallate fort of prehistoric date represented by cropmarks visible on oblique aerial photographs.
The monument lies in arable farmland at around 250m OD. The fort is defined by two concentric sub-rectangular ditches with the NE side being formed by a steep-sided watercourse. The area enclosed by the outer ditch measures approximately 100m NW-SE by 60m. The ditches are up to 5m in width and both have indications of a W-facing entrance. A series of ill-defined cropmarks within the fort may represent the remains of former timber buildings.
The area to be scheduled encompasses the visible features and an area around them in which traces of associated activity may be expected to survive. It is circular with a diameter of 145m as marked in red on the accompanying map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because of its potential to add to our understanding of prehistoric defensive settlement. The ditches may be expected to contain material relating to the construction and development of the defences while internal deposits may be expected to provide information on the organisation of domestic settlement within the fort.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NT 56 NE 33.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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