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Black Castle Cottage is a promontory fort located approximately 300 metres south-west of the settlement of Black Castle Cottage in East Lothian, Scotland. The fort dates to the Iron Age and exploits a naturally defensible promontory position, a characteristic defensive strategy employed by communities during this period in southeastern Scotland. The site is protected as a scheduled monument under Historic Environment Scotland designation SM5876. As with many Iron Age promontory forts in East Lothian, the site would have served as a defended settlement or stronghold, though detailed archaeological investigation of this particular example remains limited in the published record.
Black Castle Cottage,promontory fort 300m SW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5876. View the official record →
Black Castle Cottage is a promontory fort located approximately 300 metres south-west of the settlement of Black Castle Cottage in East Lothian, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5876.
Black Castle Cottage,promontory fort 300m SW of dates from the iron age period, and is classified as a promontory fort. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Black Castle Cottage,promontory fort 300m SW of is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM5876.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Oldhamstocks Mains,enclosure 300m NNW of (0.8 km), Blackcastle Hill,homestead 370m ENE of Post Office Mast (1.3 km), Springfield,enclosure 300m NNE of (1.9 km).
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