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Prestonpans, High Street
Long Cist (Early Medieval)
Site Name Prestonpans, High Street
Classification Long Cist (Early Medieval)
Canmore ID 53656
Site Number NT37SE 16
NGR NT 3850 7445
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/53656
- Council East Lothian
- Parish Prestonpans
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County East Lothian
NT37SE 16 3850 7445
(NT 385 745) Prestonpans. In 1951 a long cist was found in a courtyard close to the sea.
R B K Stevenson 1954
The cist was found at NT 3850 7445.
OS Reviser (PF) 23 April 1968
No further information.
Visited by OS (RD) 4 January 1972
A long cist was found in 1951 in a courtyard. There is no evidence of this cist at present.
Site recorded by GUARD during the Coastal Assessment Survey for Historic Scotland, 'The Firth of Forth from Dunbar to the Coast of Fife' 22nd February 1996.
