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Sheriffside

Gearing Up For Second Dig At Sheriffside

drewbhoy Jan 19, 2012

More details of a second archaeological dig in April.

More info :

eastlothiancourier.com/news/aroundthecountry/articles/2012/01/19/422482-gearing-up-for-second-dig-at-sheriffside

Sheriffside

Sheriffside 2012

drewbhoy Dec 30, 2011

A cropmark enclosure at Sherriffside, Gifford in East Lothian (NMRS NT56NE43) was first identified in 1981 as a double ditched enclosure representing a ploughed out and flattened hillfort whose ditches survive below the ground and affect the growth of crops.

More info on booking a place on the 2012 excavations:

rampartscotland.co.uk/index.php/sheriffside-2012/

Sites within 20km of Sheriffside

Lammer Law

Cairn(s) • 4.98km WNW

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Hare Law

Hillfort • 5.17km NNW

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Long Bog

Cairn(s) • 5.63km SSE

1
Hopes Fort

Hillfort • 5.67km NNE
Borrowston Rig

Stone Circle • 5.69km SSE

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2

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Borrowston Rig South

Cairn(s) • 5.76km SSE

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1
Burrow Stones

Stone Setting • 5.83km SSE

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1
Mutiny Stones

Cairn(s) • 6.65km ENE

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The Castles

Hillfort • 6.67km NW
Dabshead

Standing Stone / Menhir • 6.8km S

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Dabshead

Hillfort • 6.81km S

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Twinlaw

Cairn(s) • 7.5km E

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Kidlaw

Hillfort • 7.59km WNW
Overhowden

Henge • 8.86km SW
Bruntaburn Mill Standing Stone

Standing Stone / Menhir • 9.28km SE

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Blue House Cairn

Cairn(s) • 9.31km NE

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Crow Stones

Stone Circle • 9.48km NE

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3

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Thirlestane

Hillfort • 9.64km SSE

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Mayshiel Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 9.67km NE

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1
Penshiel Hill Stones

Cairn(s) • 9.78km NE

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Penshiel Grange Stones

Standing Stones • 9.85km ENE

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Kingside Hill Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 9.87km NE

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2

1
Penshiel Stones

Standing Stones • 9.88km ENE

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Kingside Burn Stones

Standing Stones • 10.02km NE

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Nine Stone Rig

Stone Circle • 10.17km NE

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Cambridge Standing Stone

Standing Stone / Menhir • 10.18km SE

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Kell Burn Alignment

Stone Row / Alignment • 10.65km ENE

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2

1
Tavers Cleugh Cairn

Cairn(s) • 10.96km NE

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1
White Castle Fort

Hillfort • 12.01km NNE

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2
Spartleton Edge Cairn

Cairn(s) • 12.14km NE

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Spartleton Cairn

Cairn(s) • 12.23km NE

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2
Spartleton Edge Stones

Stone Circle • 12.99km NE

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Spartleton Edge Standing Stone

Standing Stone / Menhir • 13.27km NE

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Yadlee Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 13.48km NE

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2

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Cockles Stone

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 13.91km NNW

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Witches Cairn

Cairn(s) • 14.15km NE

3

1
Bothwell Water

Cup Marked Stone • 14.32km ENE

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1

1
Dirrington Great Law

Cairn(s) • 14.48km E

3

1

1
Standingstone Farm

Standing Stone / Menhir • 15.72km N

3

1

1
Crichton Souterrain

Souterrain • 16.02km W

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2

1
Loths Stone

Standing Stone / Menhir • 16.22km N

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3

1
Traprain Souterrain

Souterrain • 16.73km N

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1
Traprain Law

Hillfort • 16.76km N

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10

3
The Maiden Stone

Natural Rock Feature • 16.89km N

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Ormiston Hall

Stone Circle • 16.97km W

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1

5
Blackcastle Rings

Promontory Fort • 17.04km E

1

1
The Rood Well

Sacred Well • 17.68km NNE

5

2
Earlston Standing Stone

Standing Stone / Menhir • 18.7km SSE

4

2

1
Seaton Law

Hillfort • 18.72km NNW

7

1
Pencraig Hill Standing Stone

Standing Stone / Menhir • 18.94km N

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4

1
Wright’s Houses Standing Stone

Standing Stone / Menhir • 19.31km W

5

2

1
Piersknowe Plantation

Cairn(s) • 19.69km E

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