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Cursus (Neolithic)

Site Name Preston Mains

Classification Cursus (Neolithic)

Canmore ID 56228

Site Number NT57NE 29

NGR NT 59792 78060

NGR Description Centre

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Digital Images

Oblique aerial view centred on the cropmarks of the cursus with the cropmarks of the possible settlement and the farmhouse, farm buildings and dovecot adjacent, taken from the ENE.

DP 017657

Oblique aerial view centred on the cropmarks of the cursus with the cropmarks of the possible settlement and the farmhouse, farm buildings and dovecot adjacent, taken from the ENE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

23/6/2006

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Oblique aerial view of the cropmarks of the cursus and other features at Preston Mains, looking N.

DP 163888

Oblique aerial view of the cropmarks of the cursus and other features at Preston Mains, looking N.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

8/7/2013

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Preston Mains, oblique aerial view, taken from the NW, centred on the cropmarks of a possible cursus monument and enclosure. A linear cropmark is visible in the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph.

SC 1744921

Preston Mains, oblique aerial view, taken from the NW, centred on the cropmarks of a possible cursus monument and enclosure. A linear cropmark is visible in the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

28/6/1995

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Oblique aerial view of the cropmarks of the cursus, enclosure and linear features at Preston Mains, looking W.

DP 163877

Oblique aerial view of the cropmarks of the cursus, enclosure and linear features at Preston Mains, looking W.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

8/7/2013

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Oblique aerial view of the cropmarks of the cursus and other features at Preston Mains, looking W.

DP 163884

Oblique aerial view of the cropmarks of the cursus and other features at Preston Mains, looking W.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

8/7/2013

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Oblique aerial view of the cropmarks of the cursus and other features at Preston Mains, looking S.

DP 163885

Oblique aerial view of the cropmarks of the cursus and other features at Preston Mains, looking S.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

8/7/2013

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Oblique aerial view centred on the cropmarks of the cursus with the cropmarks of the possible settlement and the farmhouse, farm buildings and dovecot adjacent, taken from the NNW.

DP 017658

Oblique aerial view centred on the cropmarks of the cursus with the cropmarks of the possible settlement and the farmhouse, farm buildings and dovecot adjacent, taken from the NNW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

23/6/2006

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Oblique aerial view of the cropmarks of the cursus, enclosure and linear features at Preston Mains, looking S.

DP 163873

Oblique aerial view of the cropmarks of the cursus, enclosure and linear features at Preston Mains, looking S.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

8/7/2013

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Oblique aerial view of the cropmarks of the cursus and other features at Preston Mains, looking W.

DP 163883

Oblique aerial view of the cropmarks of the cursus and other features at Preston Mains, looking W.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

8/7/2013

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Oblique aerial view of the cropmarks of the cursus and other features at Preston Mains, looking S.

DP 163892

Oblique aerial view of the cropmarks of the cursus and other features at Preston Mains, looking S.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

8/7/2013

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Preston Mains, NT57NE 29, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto

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Preston Mains, NT57NE 29, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto

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Records of the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, England

c. 1958

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Oblique aerial view of the cropmarks of the cursus and other features at Preston Mains, looking NE.

DP 163887

Oblique aerial view of the cropmarks of the cursus and other features at Preston Mains, looking NE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

8/7/2013

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Oblique aerial view of the cropmarks of the cursus and other features at Preston Mains, looking W.

DP 163889

Oblique aerial view of the cropmarks of the cursus and other features at Preston Mains, looking W.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

8/7/2013

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Oblique aerial view of the cropmarks of the Preston Mains cursus, looking NNW.

DP 215286

Oblique aerial view of the cropmarks of the Preston Mains cursus, looking NNW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

18/6/2015

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Oblique aerial view of the cropmarks of the Preston Mains cursus, looking S.

DP 215292

Oblique aerial view of the cropmarks of the Preston Mains cursus, looking S.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

18/6/2015

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Preston Mains, oblique aerial view, taken from the N, centred on the cropmarks of a possible cursus monument and enclosure.

SC 1744920

Preston Mains, oblique aerial view, taken from the N, centred on the cropmarks of a possible cursus monument and enclosure.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

28/6/1995

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Preston Mains, oblique aerial view, taken from the SW, centred on the cropmarks of a possible cursus monument and enclosure. A linear cropmark is visible in the bottom left-hand corner of the photograph.

SC 1744922

Preston Mains, oblique aerial view, taken from the SW, centred on the cropmarks of a possible cursus monument and enclosure. A linear cropmark is visible in the bottom left-hand corner of the photograph.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

28/6/1995

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Oblique aerial view.

SC 1744950

Oblique aerial view.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

1976

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Preston Mains, oblique aerial view, taken from the SW, centred on the cropmarks of a possible cursus monument and enclosure. A linear cropmark is visible in the bottom left-hand corner of the photograph.

SC 842744

Preston Mains, oblique aerial view, taken from the SW, centred on the cropmarks of a possible cursus monument and enclosure. A linear cropmark is visible in the bottom left-hand corner of the photograph.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

28/6/1995

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Oblique aerial view centred on the cropmarks of the cursus with the cropmarks of the possible settlement and the farmhouse, farm buildings and dovecot adjacent, taken from the SE.

DP 017656

Oblique aerial view centred on the cropmarks of the cursus with the cropmarks of the possible settlement and the farmhouse, farm buildings and dovecot adjacent, taken from the SE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

23/6/2006

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Oblique aerial view of the cropmarks of the cursus, enclosure and linear features at Preston Mains, looking N.

DP 163876

Oblique aerial view of the cropmarks of the cursus, enclosure and linear features at Preston Mains, looking N.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

8/7/2013

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Oblique aerial view of the cropmarks of the cursus, enclosure and linear features at Preston Mains, looking W.

DP 163878

Oblique aerial view of the cropmarks of the cursus, enclosure and linear features at Preston Mains, looking W.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

8/7/2013

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Oblique aerial view of the cropmarks of the cursus, enclosure and linear features at Preston Mains, looking NE.

DP 163880

Oblique aerial view of the cropmarks of the cursus, enclosure and linear features at Preston Mains, looking NE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

8/7/2013

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Oblique aerial view of the cropmarks of the cursus and other features at Preston Mains, looking SW.

DP 163890

Oblique aerial view of the cropmarks of the cursus and other features at Preston Mains, looking SW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

8/7/2013

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Oblique aerial view.

SC 1744951

Oblique aerial view.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

1976

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Oblique aerial view.

DP 281190

Oblique aerial view.

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Historic Environment Scotland

21/6/2018

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Oblique aerial view of the cropmarks of the cursus and other features at Preston Mains, looking E.

DP 163886

Oblique aerial view of the cropmarks of the cursus and other features at Preston Mains, looking E.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

8/7/2013

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Oblique aerial view of the cropmarks of the cursus and other features at Preston Mains, looking S.

DP 163891

Oblique aerial view of the cropmarks of the cursus and other features at Preston Mains, looking S.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

8/7/2013

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Oblique aerial view centred on the cropmarks of the cursus with the cropmarks of the possible settlement and the farmhouse, farm buildings and dovecot adjacent, taken from the ENE.

Oblique aerial view of the cropmarks of the cursus and other features at Preston Mains, looking N.

Preston Mains, oblique aerial view, taken from the NW, centred on the cropmarks of a possible cursus monument and enclosure. A linear cropmark is visible in the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph.

Oblique aerial view of the cropmarks of the cursus, enclosure and linear features at Preston Mains, looking W.

Oblique aerial view of the cropmarks of the cursus and other features at Preston Mains, looking W.

Oblique aerial view of the cropmarks of the cursus and other features at Preston Mains, looking S.

Oblique aerial view centred on the cropmarks of the cursus with the cropmarks of the possible settlement and the farmhouse, farm buildings and dovecot adjacent, taken from the NNW.

Oblique aerial view of the cropmarks of the cursus, enclosure and linear features at Preston Mains, looking S.

Oblique aerial view of the cropmarks of the cursus and other features at Preston Mains, looking W.

Oblique aerial view of the cropmarks of the cursus and other features at Preston Mains, looking S.

Preston Mains, NT57NE 29, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto

Oblique aerial view of the cropmarks of the cursus and other features at Preston Mains, looking NE.

Oblique aerial view of the cropmarks of the cursus and other features at Preston Mains, looking W.

Oblique aerial view of the cropmarks of the Preston Mains cursus, looking NNW.

Oblique aerial view of the cropmarks of the Preston Mains cursus, looking S.

Preston Mains, oblique aerial view, taken from the N, centred on the cropmarks of a possible cursus monument and enclosure.

Preston Mains, oblique aerial view, taken from the SW, centred on the cropmarks of a possible cursus monument and enclosure. A linear cropmark is visible in the bottom left-hand corner of the photograph.

Oblique aerial view.

Preston Mains, oblique aerial view, taken from the SW, centred on the cropmarks of a possible cursus monument and enclosure. A linear cropmark is visible in the bottom left-hand corner of the photograph.

Oblique aerial view centred on the cropmarks of the cursus with the cropmarks of the possible settlement and the farmhouse, farm buildings and dovecot adjacent, taken from the SE.

Oblique aerial view of the cropmarks of the cursus, enclosure and linear features at Preston Mains, looking N.

Oblique aerial view of the cropmarks of the cursus, enclosure and linear features at Preston Mains, looking W.

Oblique aerial view of the cropmarks of the cursus, enclosure and linear features at Preston Mains, looking NE.

Oblique aerial view of the cropmarks of the cursus and other features at Preston Mains, looking SW.

Oblique aerial view.

Oblique aerial view.

Oblique aerial view of the cropmarks of the cursus and other features at Preston Mains, looking E.

Oblique aerial view of the cropmarks of the cursus and other features at Preston Mains, looking S.

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Administrative Areas

Council East Lothian
Parish Prestonkirk
Former Region Lothian
Former District East Lothian
Former County East Lothian

Archaeology Notes

NT57NE 29 NT 59920 78080

See also NT57NE 67.

Aerial photography has revealed two linear cropmarks running parallel to one another, about 85m apart, aligned WSW - ENE, across a field 160m S of Preston Mains farmsteading. These were formerly classed as an enclosure, but may represent a possible cursus monument of at least 380m in length. The first linear cropmark runs from NT 5970 7807 to NT 6001 7813 and the second from NT 5965 7799 to NT 6000 7809, and there is a suggestion that they may meet at a rounded terminal at the ENE end. This possible cursus is of similar character to the cropmark of a cursus monument on the same alignment 470m to the WSW (NT57NE 67), and may form parts of the same.

The S linear cropmark intersects an enclosure (NT57NE 100) and a linear cropmark (NT57NE 101).

Information from RCAHMS (KB) 6 April 1999.

Activities

Note (7 June 2023)

HES Cropmark Rapid Update Project: 2023

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

References

External Links

East Lothian Historic Environment Record

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