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Shank Lea Wood

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Linear Feature (Period Unknown), Pit Alignment (Prehistoric), Quarry (Period Unknown)

Site Name Shank Lea Wood

Classification Linear Feature (Period Unknown), Pit Alignment (Prehistoric), Quarry (Period Unknown)

Canmore ID 56071

Site Number NT56NE 18

NGR NT 55955 66528

NGR Description Centre

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/56071

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Administrative Areas

  • Council East Lothian
  • Parish Garvald And Bara
  • Former Region Lothian
  • Former District East Lothian
  • Former County East Lothian

Archaeology Notes

NT56NE 18 5590 6642 to 5592 6655.

NT 559 666. Pit-alignment, Shank Lea Wood, visible on air photographs.

(Undated) information in NMRS.

Curving pit-alignments extend from NT 5570 6642 to NT 5592 6655. Its siting falls on gently undulating arable land around 182m OD and there is no surface evidence in young crop. It curves around the base of a low, natural scarp.

Visited by OS (JRL) 12 June 1979

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Note (16 January 2020)

HES Whiteadder Archaeological Survey

The location, classification and period of this site have been reviewed.

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