Pricing Change
New pricing for orders of material from this site will come into place shortly. Charges for supply of digital images, digitisation on demand, prints and licensing will be altered.
Congalton
Settlement (Later Prehistoric), Unenclosed Settlement (Iron Age)(Possible)
Site Name Congalton
Classification Settlement (Later Prehistoric), Unenclosed Settlement (Iron Age)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Congalton Gardens
Canmore ID 56307
Site Number NT57NW 34
NGR NT 54630 79994
NGR Description Centre
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/56307
- Council East Lothian
- Parish Dirleton
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County East Lothian
NT57NW 34 NT 54631 79994
Scheduled (with NT58SW 24, NT58SW 25, NT58SW 58 ) as Congalton Gardens, settlement.
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 31 January 1994.
This settlement has been recorded as cropmarks on oblique aerial photography (RCAHMSAP 1976, 1978, 1991, 1993, 1995, 2000) lying on level ground to the N of the canalized course of the Peffer Burn. It is oval on plan and measures about 50m N-S by about 30m within an outer ditch and inner palisade, which may have two distinct phases. There is an entrance on the E and sunken features, which may be overlapping roundhouses, within the interior.
Information from RCAHMS (KMM) 13 August 2004
Note (6 June 2023)
The location, classification and period of this site have been reviewed and changed from SETTLEMENT (PREHISTORIC).
