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Nunraw Barns Pit Alignment is a prehistoric pit alignment situated in East Lothian, Scotland, southeast of Nunraw Barns. The monument comprises a series of pits arranged in linear formation, a characteristic feature of pit alignments found across northern Britain and dating to the later Bronze Age or Iron Age periods. Such alignments remain enigmatic in their precise function, though they are interpreted by archaeologists as serving territorial, ritualistic, or practical boundary marking purposes. The site has been recorded by the Scottish Archaeological Records through the Historic Environment Record system, maintaining its archaeological significance as evidence of prehistoric land organisation and settlement patterns in East Lothian.
Nunraw Barns, pit alignment SE of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM8777. View the official record →
Nunraw Barns Pit Alignment is a prehistoric pit alignment situated in East Lothian, Scotland, southeast of Nunraw Barns. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM8777.
Nunraw Barns, pit alignment SE 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 SM8777.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Kingside Hill,stone circle (6.2 km), Longyester,palisaded enclosures and pit alignments 600m SE of (6.5 km), Hopes,fort,Long Yester (6.9 km).
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