Dryden Mains
Enclosure (Period Unknown)
Site Name Dryden Mains
Classification Enclosure (Period Unknown)
Canmore ID 51818
Site Number NT26SE 28
NGR NT 276 638
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/51818
- Council Midlothian
- Parish Lasswade
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District Midlothian
- Former County Midlothian
NT26SE 28 276 638.
(NT 276 638) APs (F21/58/RAF 1097: 0193-4) reveals the single ditch of an irregularly-shaped enclosure 100yds S of Dryden Mains. The enclosure has two straight sides and one curved, and measures approximately 200' N-S by 160' E-W.
RCAHMS MSS 1954
No trace of any earthwork exists in a flat arable field.
Visited by OS (SFS) 31 October 1975
Aerial Photographic Interpretation (8 April 1954)
This site was included within the RCAHMS Marginal Land Survey (1950-1962), an unpublished rescue project. Site descriptions, organised by county, are available to view online - see the searchable PDF in 'Digital Items'. These vary from short notes, to lengthy and full descriptions. Contemporary plane-table surveys and inked drawings, where available, can be viewed online in most cases - see 'Digital Images'. The original typecripts, notebooks and drawings can also be viewed in the RCAHMS search room.
Information from RCAHMS (GFG) 19 July 2013.
