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Whitekirk

Barrow (Later Prehistoric)

Site Name Whitekirk

Classification Barrow (Later Prehistoric)

Alternative Name(s) Paradise Wood

Canmore ID 70820

Site Number NT68SW 31

NGR NT 60921 81145

NGR Description Centre

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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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 31 6084 8115 and 6092 8114

See also NT68SW 15, NT68SW 16, NT68SW 20.

Scheduled under place-name Paradise Wood.

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

A barrow and a possible ring-ditch have been recorded as cropmarks on oblique aerial photography (RCAHMSAP 1989, 2000). The barrow measures about 7m in diameter within a narrow ditch which is broken on the E and there is a central burial pit in the centre. Some 70m to the WNW there is an arc of ditch, which may be part of a ring-ditch.

Information from RCAHMS (KMM) 13 August 2004

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Aerial Photographic Transcription (7 May 1991 - 22 May 1991)

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

Note (7 June 2023)

The location, classification and period of this site have been reviewed and changed from BARROW (PREHISTORIC), RING DITCH (PERIOD UNASSIGNED)(POSSIBLE).

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