Easter Pinkerton
Settlement (Iron Age)
Site Name Easter Pinkerton
Classification Settlement (Iron Age)
Alternative Name(s) Thurston
Canmore ID 58935
Site Number NT77SW 31
NGR NT 70741 74851
NGR Description Centre
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/58935
- Council East Lothian
- Parish Dunbar
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County East Lothian
NT77SW 31 NT 70741 74847
Scheduled as Thurston, enclosure.
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 7 February 1994.
The cropmark of a circular enclosure with a single interrupted ditch has been identified by oblique aerial photography 470m N of Glen Cottage. The enclosure has an internal diameter of about 40m within its ditch.
The cropmarks of a fort (NT77NW 9) have been recorded 100m to the S.
Information from RCAHMS (AB, KJ), 25 March 1999.
Aerial Photographic Transcription (11 December 1995 - 6 January 1998)
An aerial transcription was produced from oblique aerial photographs. Information from Historic Environment Scotland (BM) 31 March 2017.
Aerial Photographic Transcription (8 February 2019)
An interpretative transcription, or mapping, of information on oblique aerial photographs was produced on 8 February 2019.
Note (10 June 2023)
The location, classification and period of this site have been reviewed and changed from ENCLOSURE (PERIOD UNASSIGNED).
