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Townhead of Duncanlaw is a post-medieval enclosure and cross-base located at Cross Hill in East Lothian, Scotland. The site comprises a roughly rectangular enclosure with an associated cross-base, features typical of settlement activity dating to the early modern period. The cross-base suggests the presence of a market cross or similar communal monument, indicating this location held significance as a focus for local settlement and possibly commercial activity during the post-medieval era. The enclosure itself reflects the land-use patterns and domestic or administrative organisation characteristic of rural East Lothian in this period.
Townhead of Duncanlaw,enclosure & cross-base,Cross Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3769. View the official record →
Townhead of Duncanlaw is a post-medieval enclosure and cross-base located at Cross Hill in East Lothian, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3769.
Townhead of Duncanlaw,enclosure & cross-base,Cross Hill dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a enclosure & cross-base,cross hill. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Townhead of Duncanlaw,enclosure & cross-base,Cross Hill 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 SM3769.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Blinkbonny Wood,enclosures 200m N of (3.8 km), The Castles,fort (4.3 km), Knockhill Wood,enclosure 500m W of (4.7 km).
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