Park Burn
Fort (Prehistoric)
Site Name Park Burn
Classification Fort (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Park
Canmore ID 56105
Site Number NT56NE 6
NGR NT 57325 65486
NGR Description Centre
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/56105
- Council East Lothian
- Parish Garvald And Bara
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County East Lothian
NT56NE 6 5732 6548
See also NT56NE 5.
(NT 5732 6549) Ancient Earthwork (NAT)
OS 6" map (1957)
This fort is situated on top of a steep bank overlooking a stream at an elevation of 900 feet OD, 400 yards NE of the other fort - NT56NE 5.
All that remains is a mutilated rampart, 17 feet broad and 2 feet high, curving round from the SE by the S and W to the NW where there is an entrance 15 feet wide. For about 30 feet beyond this the rampart is only just traceable. In 1954 (RCAHMS Marginal Lands MS) the RCAHMS expressed doubt if the site should be classified as a 'fort'.
RCAHMS 1924, visited 1913
The fort is as described by the RCAHMS, though it has been further reduced by ploughing.
Resurveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (JTT) 17 September 1965
Scheduled as Park, fort.
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 1 November 1993.
Field Visit (16 May 1913)
Some 400 yards north-east of the last site [NT56NE 5], in an adjoining grass field, on rolling ground and at an elevation of 900 feet above sea-level, are the fragmentary remains of an entrenchment. Situated on the top of the steep left bank of a tiny stream, 50 yards from where it joins the Park Burn, all that remains is a rampart 17 feet wide at the foundation, rising 2 feet above the inner level and 6 feet above the outer level. This rampart, springing from the edge of the bank of the stream 20 feet above its bed, curves round from the south-east by the south and west to the north-west, where there is an entrance 15 feet broad. For about 30 feet beyond this, the rampart, though much reduced, is still traceable. The enclosure had probably been circular except for a flattened side along the top of the escarpment on the side of the burn, and the longest diameter would be about 84 feet.
RCAHMS 1924, visited 16 May 1913.
Field Visit (29 June 1954)
FORT (?), PARK BURN No.2, NEWLANDS, (Inventory No. 49).
The Inventory account is satisfactory, but it is doubtful whether the
structure should be classified as a fort or as an earthwork.
Visited by RCAHMS (KAS) 29 June 1954.
Note (19 December 2019)
The location, classification and period of this site have been reviewed.
