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Little Pinkerton
Settlement (Iron Age)
Site Name Little Pinkerton
Classification Settlement (Iron Age)
Canmore ID 57674
Site Number NT67NE 69
NGR NT 69386 76066
NGR Description Centre
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/57674
- Council East Lothian
- Parish Dunbar
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County East Lothian
NT67NE 69 NT 69389 76069
Aerial Photographic Transcription (11 December 1995 - 16 January 1998)
An aerial transcription was produced from oblique aerial photographs. Information from Historic Environment Scotland (BM) 31 March 2017.
Aerial Photographic Transcription (4 April 2019)
An interpretative transcription, or mapping, of information on oblique aerial photographs was produced on 04 April 2019.
Note (6 October 2022)
The location, classification and period of this site have been reviewed.
Aerial Photographic Interpretation (6 October 2022)
This enclosed settlement has been recorded as cropmarking on oblique photographs (RCAHMSAP 1976, 1984, 1994, 2003, 2005) on the NE facing slope of Doon Hill. It is circular on plan and measures about 30m in diameter within a ditch about 2m broad, with an entrance gap on the E. A roundhouse within the interior is visible as an oval dark mark measuring about 11m from E to W and about 14m transversely.
Information from HES Archaeological Survey (F. Vermeij) 6 October 2022
Note (10 June 2023)
The location, classification and period of this site have been reviewed and changed from SETTLEMENT (LATER PREHISTORIC).
