Field Visit
Date 29 November 2017
Event ID 1043674
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1043674
A stone-lined spring is situated on the N flank of Traprain Law within the fort, and 130m NNW of the summit. It is marked by a natural bedrock fissure about 1.2m in diameter and 0.5m in depth. An excavation undertaken in 2000 (MS726/198, Trench 9) provided evidence that the spring once had some form of cap and that a culvert had been created carrying water to the north. At present there is no secure dating for the stone embellishment to the spring.
The feature is depicted on the revised 2nd edition of the OS 25-inch map (Haddingtonshire 1907, sheet 11.1), and on the plans published by RCAHMS (1924, 95; Feachem 1958).
Visited by HES Survey and Recording (GFG, AM) 29 November 2017
(TPR 32)
