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Archerfield Estate
Midden(S) (Prehistoric)
Site Name Archerfield Estate
Classification Midden(S) (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Gullane Bay; Black Rocks; Firth Of Forth; Outer Forth Estuary
Canmore ID 55028
Site Number NT48NE 8
NGR NT 491 853
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/55028
- Council East Lothian
- Parish Dirleton
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County East Lothian
NT48NE 8 491 853.
(NT 491 853) On the links of Archerfield Estate to the E of Gullane Bay and N of Black Rocks are four large ravines running E-W. The second of these from the S extends for several hundred yards. On its S side is a mound of sand and loam on which have been found three middens. The first, 12' x 9' lay towards the W of the mound, the second, of similar size, 5' to the E, and a further 20' E lay the third. They were excavated in 1908. Mixed in with a mass of shells and animal bones were a few flint scrapers and flakes, a bone pin and fragments of twenty-seven beakers of various types. A small copper coin of Charles II was also found.
A O Curle 1908; J Abercromby 1912; RCAHMS 1924; D L Clarke 1970.
It is not possible to identify the site of these middens. No further information.
Visited by OS (SFS) 17 July 1975.
