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Whitekirk

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Enclosure(S) (Medieval), Timber Building(S) (Early Medieval)(Possible)

Site Name Whitekirk

Classification Enclosure(S) (Medieval), Timber Building(S) (Early Medieval)(Possible)

Alternative Name(s) Paradise Wood

Canmore ID 57852

Site Number NT68SW 15

NGR NT 60747 80599

NGR Description Centre

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/57852

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Administrative Areas

  • Council East Lothian
  • Parish Whitekirk And Tyninghame
  • Former Region Lothian
  • Former District East Lothian
  • Former County East Lothian

Archaeology Notes

NT68SW 15 NT 60771 80571

See also NT68SW 16, NT68SW 20, NT68SW 31.

NT 607 805. Enclosures and Timber Buildings (possible), Whitekirk: visible on aerial photographs taken in 1978 and 1979.

(Undated) information in NMRS.

Listed as a possible Dark Age settlement.

RCAHMS 1978.

Scheduled under place-name Paradise Wood.

Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 10 January 1994.

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Aerial Photographic Transcription (15 November 1990 - 3 May 1991)

Aerial Photographic Transcriptions

An aerial transcription was produced from oblique aerial photographs. Information from Historic Environment Scotland (BM) 31 March 2017.

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Note (7 June 2023)

HES Cropmark Rapid Update Project: 2023

The location, classification and period of this site have been reviewed and changed from SETTLEMENT (PERIOD UNASSIGNED).

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