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Quarryford House is an Iron Age enclosed settlement located south-west of Quarryford in East Lothian, Scotland. The site comprises multiple defensive earthwork enclosures arranged concentrically, associated with a souterrain—an underground stone-built passage characteristic of Iron Age settlement in eastern Scotland—and a pit alignment that likely served boundary or ritual functions. These features are typical of the intensified settlement and land division practices evident in East Lothian during the later Iron Age, roughly the first centuries BC and AD. The combination of defensive enclosures, underground storage and refuge structures, and formal pit boundaries suggests a settlement of some status and permanence, reflecting the sophisticated social organisation of Iron Age communities in this region.
Quarryford House,enclosures,souterrain and pit alignment SW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5792. View the official record →
Quarryford House is an Iron Age enclosed settlement located south-west of Quarryford in East Lothian, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5792.
Quarryford House,enclosures,souterrain and pit alignment SW of dates from the iron age period, and is classified as a enclosures,souterrain and pit alignment. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Quarryford House,enclosures,souterrain and pit alignment 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 SM5792.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Kelphope,settlement 1200m N of (6.9 km), Wanside, farmstead 1300m S of (7 km), The Howe,settlement 100m NNE of (7.7 km).
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