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Little Spott

Pit Alignment (Later Prehistoric)

Site Name Little Spott

Classification Pit Alignment (Later Prehistoric)

Alternative Name(s) Pleasants

Canmore ID 57701

Site Number NT67NE 92

NGR NT 65145 75200

NGR Description Centre

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council East Lothian
  • Parish Stenton (East Lothian)
  • Former Region Lothian
  • Former District East Lothian
  • Former County East Lothian

Archaeology Notes

NT67NE 92 NT 6504 7518 to 6529 7532

See also NT67NE 82.

Scheduled as Pleasants, pit alignment.

Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 8 November 1993.

A sinuous line of pits has been recorded as cropmarks on oblique aerial photography (RCAHMSAP 1980, 1990, 1992, 2000) running roughly NNE-SSW across a field about 500m NW of Little Spott farmsteading (NT67SE 88). The enclosure recorded at NT67NE 82 lies immediately to the N.

Information from RCAHMS (KMM) 21 May 2004.

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Aerial Photographic Transcription (23 July 2019)

An interpretative transcription, or mapping, of information on oblique aerial photographs was produced on 23 July 2019.

Note (10 June 2023)

The location, classification and period of this site have been reviewed and changed from PIT ALIGNMENT (PREHISTORIC).

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