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East Field, Inveresk
Enclosure (Period Unknown)
Site Name East Field, Inveresk
Classification Enclosure (Period Unknown)
Alternative Name(s) East Field 1; Eastfield; Old Craighall
Canmore ID 53911
Site Number NT37SW 72
NGR NT 34680 70237
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/53911
- Council East Lothian
- Parish Inveresk (East Lothian)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County Midlothian
NT37SW 72 NT 34680 70237
See also NT37SW 23 and NT37SW 69 -71, 73-6, 178-9 and 187.
The crop mark of a possible farmstead, a square building within a sub-circular enclosure, is visible on aerial photographs (first noted by the RCAHMS) between the pit-alignment noted on NT37SW 23 and the River Esk.
J Barber 1957
Excavations were carried out on the pit-alignment NT37SW 23 in 1957-8 by the Edinburgh University Archaeological Society; 'work in the autumn of 1958 was concentrated on the S sector of the site in the region of the "settlement"' and one of its enclosure trenches was recovered. (It was intended to carry out further excavation, but no further additional reports appear to have been published.)
D D A Simpson 1958
NT 346 702. Enclosure, East Field, Inveresk: Aerial photographs (106G/Scot/UK119: 5119-20) reveal, at a height of some 75ft OD, an inner single-ditched rectangular enclosure, measuring about 130ft by 110 ft, with a semi-circular outer ditch forming a D-shaped annexe, the chord of which runs along the steep left bank of the River Esk and measures about 275 ft.
This is one of a number of ditched enclosures in Mid- and East Lothian which are superficially comparable with the Iron Age timber-house sites of the Northumberland coastal plain.
G Maxwell 1970; RCAHMS MS
It is also visible on RCAHMS aerial photographs, taken between 1977 and 1979.
(Undated) information in NMRS.
There is nothing visible on the ground.
Visited by OS (BS) 15 August 1975.
Aerial Photographic Transcription (1 April 2004 - 3 April 2004)
An aerial transcription was produced from oblique aerial photographs. Information from Historic Environment Scotland (BM) 31 March 2017.
Desk Based Assessment (22 September 2014 - 10 October 2014)
This project comprised a cultural heritage desk based assessment for the refurbishment of electrical overhead line between Smeaton, Dalkeith, Midlothian and Portobello, City of Edinburgh, Lothian. The refurbishment includes new wiring and insulators, new pylons and creation of associated access routes. The desk based assessment was carried out by Rubicon Heritage Services UK Ltd. during September and October 2014 on behalf of Hyder Consulting Ltd. The line of pylons traverses land of varying character; the southeast extent is farmland utilised for grazing while the northwest extent is located in the suburbs of the City of Edinburgh and the urban area of Portobello. The desk based assessment identified a number of cultural heritage assets in the study area. At the southeast extent the area has a complex of cultural heritage assets which range in date from prehistoric through to modern. Within this group are seven scheduled ancient monuments. The northwest extent of the line of pylons crosses an urban area in Portobello and the cultural heritage assets in this area comprise clay pits which were worked to provide resources for the local pottery industries in the post-medieval period and listed buildings which are part of the conservation area of Portobello. The proposed development will include some excavation which could impact any subsurface archaeological remains. Suitable mitigation measures were recommended after consultation with the local authority archaeologists. A number of scheduled ancient monuments are within the study area and consultation with Historic Scotland regarding scheduled monument consent is also necessary.
Information from Louise Baker (Rubicon Heritage Services UK Ltd) 23 October 2014. OASIS ID: rubiconh1-194501
