Black Loch
Settlement (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Black Loch
Classification Settlement (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 57797
Site Number NT67SE 4
NGR NT 66737 73084
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council East Lothian
- Parish Spott (East Lothian)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County East Lothian
NT67SE 4 NT 66737 73084
(NT 6667 7312) Fort (NR) (Site of)
OS 6" map (1853)
The site of a fort defaced by cultivation, the site having been indicated by a local shepherd.
Name Book 1853
No trace of this fort can be seen in a field under crops. The site lies on the crest of a ridge running roughly E-W and is a likely site for a fort.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 24 March 1966
Enclosure, Black Loch: visible on aerial photographs taken in 1977.
(Undated) information in NMRS.
Scheduled as Black Loch, enclosure.
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 1 November 1993.
This enclosure, which is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs, is located below the summit of a hill 18m to the E of a modern fence and some 430m to the SSE of Black Loch. An area measuring about 65m from N to S by 50m transversely is enclosed by a broad ditch broken by opposing entrances to the E and W respectively. The site is comparable to other enclosures found in the cropmark record in East Lothian, the majority of which are undoubtedly settlements.
Information fron RCAHMS (ARG) 10 October 1997.