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Submitted by caradoc68 on Monday, 23 June 2008  Page Views: 17620

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Traprain Law
Country: Scotland County: East Lothian Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: East Linton  Nearest Village: Traprin
Map Ref: NT5805674696
Latitude: 55.963433N  Longitude: 2.673455W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Anne T saw from a distance on 27th Sep 2017 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 5 Access: 3 Traprain Law Hillfort, East Lothian: We only saw this from afar. It would have taken too long to climb up and get back down and see the rest of the sites we wanted to see this afternoon. Brilliant view. The farmer’s wife from Standingstone Farm told us there were wild Exmoor ponies living on top (we could see them moving around on the top of the slopes), but their water was at the bottom of the hill.

SolarMegalith visited on 2nd May 2014 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 4

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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2.5 Ambience: 5 Access: 3.5

Traprain Law
Traprain Law submitted by caradoc68 : Hold on to your hat its windy up there ! (Vote or comment on this photo)
Hillfort in East Lothian. Traprain Law is a hill about 221m (724 feet) in elevation, located 6km (4 miles) east of Haddington in East Lothian, Scotland. It is the site of an oppidum or hill fort, which covered at its maximum extent about 16 ha (40 acres) and must have been a veritable town. Whether it was a seasonal meeting place or permanent settlement is a matter for speculation.

The hill was already a place of burial by around 1500 BC, and showed evidence of occupation and signs of ramparts after 1000 BC. The ramparts were rebuilt and re-aligned many times in the following centuries. Excavations have shown it was occupied in the Late Iron Age from about AD 40 through the last quarter of the 2nd century (about the time that the Antonine Wall was manned). Following the Roman withdrawal to the line of Hadrian's Wall it was occupied from about 220 almost uninterruptedly until about 400 when an impressive new rampart was built, then within a few decades the site was abandoned.

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Traprain Law
Traprain Law submitted by Anne T : Traprain Law, as seen from the lane running from just east of Standstone Farm House up to the Loth Stone. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Traprain Law submitted by SolarMegalith : The site of a Bronze Age cairn on the summit of Traprain Law - the stone structure you can see is modern. You can also see one of the wild Exmoor Ponies which live at Traprain Law (photo taken on May 2014). (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Traprain Law submitted by SolarMegalith : View from Traprain Law to the coast (photo taken on May 2014). (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Traprain Law submitted by Antonine : 2008 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Traprain Law submitted by SolarMegalith : Earth-and-stone rampart on the southern slope of Traprain Law - view from the west (photo taken on May 2014). (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Traprain Law submitted by SolarMegalith : The rampart in the NW part of the Iron Age hillfort on Traprain Law (photo taken on May 2014).

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Traprain Law submitted by SolarMegalith : Traprain Law - view from the NE (photo taken on May 2014).

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Traprain Law submitted by SolarMegalith : Significant sectors of masonry are still visible in the rampart on the southern slope of Traprain Law (photo taken on May 2014).

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Traprain Law submitted by durhamnature : Old photo from "East Lothian..." via archive.org Site in East Lothian Scotland

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Re: Traprain Law by Anne T on Tuesday, 10 October 2017
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When visiting the Standing Stone next to Standingstone Farm, we met the farmer's wife walking her dog. She took us to the location of the standing stone and were talking about Tarprain Law. Se said “the chieftain was supposed to have thrown his daughter off the top, for falling in love with someone she shouldn’t have, and she was supposed to have turned into a robin. The strange thing about here is that we have hundreds and hundreds of robins, and they are here all year round. Weird.” She gave a shiver, and so did I!
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Traprain Treasures, Friday 10th September by Andy B on Monday, 30 August 2010
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Traprain Treasures

Region:
East Lothian
Sessions:
Friday 10th September, 4pm
Location:
Traprain Law North Car Park

Come along and learn about the heritage on Traprain Law. The Ranger will tell you about the modern day flora and fauna whilst the Archaeologist will inform you about the people who lived on the Law hundreds of years ago and the treasures they left behind! Meet Traprain Law North car park. Duration 2 hours. Family event. Sturdy footwear and appropriate clothing advised. No booking required. Part of East Lothian Archaeology and Local History Fortnight.
Contact info
Contact Tel:
01620 827 408
Contact Email:
bookings@eastlothian.gov.uk
Contact Web1:
http://www.eastlothian.gov.uk/archaeology

Scottish Archaeology Month 2010
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Re: Traprain Law by Anonymous on Monday, 23 June 2008
Traprain Law (Sacred Hill) Fort - this was an Iron Age Hillfort and is designated a Scottish SSSI - archaeological excavations have revealed evidence of Roman occupation in the form of silver items of that era.

Some links:

http://www.celtictrails.co.uk/trails/traprain.htm

http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/features/featurefirst401.html

http://www.britarchac.uk/ba/ba57/feat1.html

http://www.mindat.org/loc-31507.html

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