Archaeology Notes

Event ID 803805

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NT27SE 76 centred 2796 7290

See also NT27SE 135.

(Centred NT 2790 7288) Cultivation Terraces (NR)

OS 6" map, (1966)

There is a fine group of some thirty cultivation terraces on the E side of Arthur's Seat, above the Queen's Drive. They cross the hillside for a distance of some 730' (223m). Where well-defined, their width varies from 15' - 34' (4.6-10.3m), with scarps from about 2' - 12' (0.6-3.7m) in height. The stone revetments of some of these terraces may still be seen. They have been encroached on by later rig cultivation running uphill. Where the centre rigs impinge on the terraces, a World War I military trench has disturbed the ground.

R B K Stevenson 1949; A Graham 1939; RCAHMS 1929, visited 1928; R Chambers 1855; Visible on RCHME air photograph NT2772/1: flown 1939.

These cultivation terraces are as described in previous information.

Visited by OS (S F S) 3 December 1975.