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Latitude: 55.916 / 55°54'57"N
Longitude: -3.0521 / 3°3'7"W
OS Eastings: 334336
OS Northings: 669713
OS Grid: NT343697
Mapcode National: GBR 7041.A3
Mapcode Global: WH7V0.2KWK
Entry Name: Smeaton Bridge,pit alignment 100m NW of
Scheduled Date: 26 April 1993
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM5672
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: pit alignment
Location: Inveresk
County: East Lothian
Electoral Ward: Tranent, Wallyford and Macmerry
Traditional County: Midlothian
The monument comprises a pit alignment, probably an agricultural boundary of prehistoric date, represented by cropmarks visible on oblique aerial photographs.
The visible remains comprise a single line of closely spaced pits running approximately N-S from the N bank of the River Esk for a distance of approximately 60m. The individual pits are relatively large, appearing approximately 2.5-3.5m in diameter.
The alignment disappears as it enters the adjacent field to the NE. The area to be scheduled is triangular in shape with a base of 80m ENE-WSW and measuring 70m NNW-SSE, as marked in red on the accompanying map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
This monument is of national importance because of its potential to contribute to our understanding of prehistoric field systems and economic practice. It lies in an area rich in prehistoric settlement and field systems and its significance is enhanced by its association with related elements within this wider landscape. The pits themselves also have the potential to provide palaeo-environmental evidence relating to the period of their construction and use.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NT 36 NW 67.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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