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Doon Hill
Enclosed Settlement (Later Prehistoric), Unenclosed Settlement (Later Prehistoric)
Site Name Doon Hill
Classification Enclosed Settlement (Later Prehistoric), Unenclosed Settlement (Later Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Little Pinkerton
Canmore ID 57651
Site Number NT67NE 48
NGR NT 69112 75734
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/57651
- Council East Lothian
- Parish Dunbar
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County East Lothian
NT67NE 48 NT 69112 75734
(NT 6913 7571) Enclosure (NR) (site of)
OS 6" map (1971)
An enclosure, possibly with double banks, showing as a cropmark on AP's (106G/Scot/UK121: 3434-5, flown 1946).
(Undated) information in NMRS.
A shallow depression at NT 6913 7571 is all that can be seen of the circular enclosure noted above.
Visited by OS (RD) 24 March 1966
Visible on additional air photographs - listed by both RCAHM and CUCAP as an enclosure.
(Undated) information in NMRS.
Scheduled as Little Pinkerton, enclosure.
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 22 November 1993.
This settlement, which is roughly circular on plan withing two concentric ditches about 8m apart, has been recorded as cropmarks on oblique aerial photography (RCAHMSAP 1976, 1980, 1981, 1986, 1992, 1993, 1996, 2000) lying on the E flank of Doon Hill about 520m SW of Little Pinkerton. There is an entrance on the E, and what may be roundhouses in the interior. There are three further roundhouses immediately S of the settlement.
Information from RCAHMS (KMM) 25 May 2004.
Note (6 October 2022)
The location, classification and period of this site have been reviewed.
