Archaeology Notes

Event ID 764513

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NS98NW 282 924 852

Site recorded during a rapid coastal survey undertaken by GUARD of the S shore of the Firth of Forth from Dunbar to Stirling and along the N shore of the Forth to the Fife border. A gazetteer of all sites including listed buildings, designed landscapes, scheduled and unscheduled monuments was produced. Full details of the survey can be consulted in the report held by the NMRS.

Sponsor: Historic Scotland

GUARD 1996

The site is located at the mouth of the Muirdyke Burn. There are two lines of wooden posts. One line lies c 45m from the coast edge, starting at Muirdyke Burn and extending for c 100m. The other line lies c 10m from the coast edge and extends for c 10m with a further few posts situated c 10m further on. Generally the posts rise to a height of 0.15-0.20m. The wood is severely rotted.

Site recorded by GUARD during the Coastal Assessment Survey for Historic Scotland, 'The Firth of Forth from Dunbar to the Coast of Fife' 21st February 1996.