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Preston Toll

Roundhouse (Prehistoric)

Site Name Preston Toll

Classification Roundhouse (Prehistoric)

Canmore ID 313663

Site Number NT46NW 161

NGR NT 41321 65748

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council East Lothian
  • Parish Ormiston
  • Former Region Lothian
  • Former District East Lothian
  • Former County East Lothian

Archaeology Notes

NT46NW 161 41321 65748

This roundhouse has have been recorded as a cropmark on oblique aerial photographs (RCAHMSAP 2009). It is circular in plan and defined by a ditch about 0.95m wide. The enclosed area is 14m in diameter, but the W section of the ditch, where there may have been an entrance, is indistinct. Eight pits are visible in the interior.

Information from RCAHMS (KHJM) 28 Oct 2011

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Aerial Photography (25 August 2009)

Aerial Photographic Transcription (28 October 2011)

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