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Latitude: 55.9033 / 55°54'12"N
Longitude: -3.018 / 3°1'4"W
OS Eastings: 336451
OS Northings: 668270
OS Grid: NT364682
Mapcode National: GBR 70C5.FN
Mapcode Global: WH7V0.MW29
Entry Name: Chalkieside,enclosure 500m SW of
Scheduled Date: 30 June 1995
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM6205
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive)
Location: Inveresk
County: East Lothian
Electoral Ward: Tranent, Wallyford and Macmerry
Traditional County: Midlothian
The monument comprises the remains of an enclosed settlement of prehistoric date represented by cropmarks visible on oblique aerial photographs.
The monument lies on sloping ground in arable farmland at around 125m OD. It comprises a sub-rectangular enclosure of which three sides are visible, the fourth probably running under the present day field boundary on the E of the site. The enclosure measures approximately
100m N-S by 100m within a ditch some 6m wide. The N side is markedly curved while the S and W are straight. A dense, dark cropmark within
the enclosure appears to indicate the survival of deposits associated with an internal structure.
Enclosed settlements of this type are conventionally ascribed to the period of Roman influence in southern Scotland. The monument lies
within an area rich in settlement remains of this period.
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 irregular in shape with maximum dimensions of 150m NNE-SSW by 110m as marked in red on the accompanying map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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