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Aerial Photographic Interpretation

Date 1 June 1954

Event ID 926250

Category Recording

Type Aerial Photographic Interpretation

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/926250

Fort, Seaton Law (Haddington).

An important native fort with overall measurements of 630 ft by 250 ft, on the summit of Seaton Law, the eastern shoulder of the Garleton Hills, 200 yds NE of Barnes Castle (RCAHMS 1924, No. 71). The photographs show four ditches, the innermost of which encloses three sides of a rectangular area with rounded corners measuring 300 ft from E to W by 140 ft transversely; the fourth, or N, side of the enclosure is formed by the edge of a steep escarpment, 150 ft high, and it seems probable that any defences that may have existed on this side will have been destroyed long ago by erosion of the cliff face. The other three ditches run in series and form a triple defence, curvilinear on plan, which envelopes the inner enclosure on all sides except the N. A wide entrance through all four ditches can be seen on the E end of the fort (1).

(1) CPE Scot UK 257, 3085.

Information from RCAHMS (KAS) 1 June 1954.

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