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Eskbank
Pit Alignment (Prehistoric)
Site Name Eskbank
Classification Pit Alignment (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Westfield Cottage
Canmore ID 53507
Site Number NT36NW 72
NGR NT 32077 66828
NGR Description NT 3199 6692 to NT 3212 6678
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Midlothian
- Parish Dalkeith
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District Midlothian
- Former County Midlothian
Excavation (1981)
In 1981 excavation of five pits at the NW end of the line showed that they varied from 2m to 3m in diameter by up to 0.7m in depth. The pits, which had been dug across a landscape of grassland with scrub woodland, were left open to fill up naturally. A radiocarbon date of 110 +/- 70 BC (GU-1632) was obtained from a lens of charcoal-rich soil at the top of the primary deposits in one of the pits.
Note (1988)
Eskbank NT 3199 6692 to 3212 6678 NT36NW 72
Cropmarks 250m NE of Westfield Cottage reveal a line of pits running for a distance of 260m from NW to SE across the two Roman temporary camps NT36NW 34. In 1981 excavation of five pits at the NW end of the line showed that they varied from 2m to 3m in diameter by up to 0.7m in depth. The pits, which had been dug across a landscape of grassland with scrub woodland, were left open to fill up naturally. A radiocarbon date of 110± 70 b.c. (GU-1632) was obtained from a lens of charcoal-rich soil at the top of the primary deposits in one of the pits. (See also NT36NW 108 for a possible continuation of this alignment).
RCAHMS 1988
(Maxfield 1974, 143, 150; Barber 1985)
