Doon Hill | Canmore

Palisaded Enclosure (Later Prehistoric)(Possible)

Site Name Doon Hill

Classification Palisaded Enclosure (Later Prehistoric)(Possible)

Canmore ID 184663

Site Number NT67NE 189

NGR NT 68577 75423

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Digital Images

SC 1748041

Aerial view of Doon Hill, taken from the SSW, centred on a cropmark of a rectilinear enclosure. A cropmark of a possible palisaded enclosure, situated to the N, is visible in the centre left of the photograph. A timber hall encloure, also to the N, is visible in the top left-hand corner of the photograph.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

24/6/1997

SC 1748131

Oblique aerial view centred on the cropmarks of the rectilinear settlement and other cropmarks with the timber halls and enclosure and the cropmarks of the possible enclosure adjacent, taken from the WSW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

25/6/2004

SC 1748039

Aerial view of Doon Hill, taken from the NW, centred on the cropmark of a rectilinear enclosure. A cropmark of a possible palisaded enclosure, situated to the N, is visible in the bottom centre of the photograph.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

24/6/1997

SC 1748040

Aerial view of Doon Hill, taken from the W, centred on a cropmark of a rectilinear enclosure. A cropmark of a possible palisaded enclosure, situated to the N, is visible in the left-hand corner of the photograph.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

24/6/1997

SC 1748042

Aerial view of Doon Hill, taken from the NE, centred on a cropmark of a possible palisaded enclosure. A cropmark of a rectilinear enclosure, situated to the S, is visible in the centre left of the photograph. A timber hall encloure, situated to the N, is visible in the bottom centre of the photograph.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

24/6/1997

SC 651809

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

24/6/1997

SC 761544

Aerial view of Doon Hill, taken from the NNW, centred on a cropmark of a possible palisaded enclusure. A cropmark of a rectilinear enclosure, situated to the S, is visible in the top centre of the photograph. A timber hall encloure, situated to the N, is visible in the bottom left-hand corner of the photograph.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

24/6/1997

SC 1748132

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

25/6/2004

SC 1748045

Aerial view of Doon Hill, taken from the W. A cropmark of a rectilinear enlcosure is visible in the bottom left hand corner of the photograph. A cropmark of a possible palisaded enclosure is visible in the bottom centre. A timber hall enclosure is visible in the centre left of the photograph.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

24/6/1997

SC 651813

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

24/6/1997

SC 1748043

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

24/6/1997

SC 1748044

Aerial view of Doon Hill, taken from the NW, centred on a cropmark of a possible palisaded enclosure. A cropmark of a rectilinear enclosure, situated to the S, is visible in the top centre of the photograph.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

24/6/1997

SC 1748080

Oblique aerial view.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

1976

SC 1748133

Oblique aerial view centred on the cropmarks of the rectilinear settlement and cropmarks with the cropmarks of the possible enclosure adjacent, taken from the SSE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

25/6/2004

Collections

Administrative Areas

Council East Lothian
Parish Dunbar
Former Region Lothian
Former District East Lothian
Former County East Lothian

Archaeology Notes

NT67NE 189 NT 68578 754424

Activities

Aerial Photographic Transcription (20 October 2008)

Aerial Photographic Transcriptions

An interpretative transcription, or mapping, of information on oblique aerial photographs was produced on 20 October 2008.

Note (6 October 2022)

HES Cropmark Rapid Update Project: 2022

The location, classification and period of this site have been reviewed.

Aerial Photographic Transcription (11 October 2022)

HES Cropmark Mapping General

An interpretative transcription, or mapping, of information on oblique aerial photographs was produced on 11 October 2022.

Aerial Photographic Interpretation (6 October 2022)

HES Cropmark Rapid Update Project: 2022

The E half of a palisaded enclosure has been recorded as cropmarking on oblique photographs (RCAHMSAP 1997, 2004) on level ground about 190m NE of Skaw Plantation. It measures about 16m from N to S by about 12m within a palisade trench about 0.5m broad. An entrance gap is visible on the E. An enclosed settlement been recorded about 40m S (NT67NE 45) and two forts (NT67NE 60 and 95) about 150m and 200m to the NW respectively.

Information from HES Archaeological Survey (F. Vermeij) 6 October 2022

References

External Links

East Lothian Historic Environment Record

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