Black Castle, East Lothian
- Black Castle, East Lothian
Black Castle, East Lothian is an iron age hillfort with a number of defensive banks, at Newlands, Danskine, East Lothian, Scotland, UK, on the B6355, between Darent House and Green Castle, East Lothian hillfort. Grid reference NT580661.
The fort is on the summit of a hillock, at 900 feet. It measures about 380 ft by 340 ft. It has an inner and an outer rampart, and two entrances marked by causeways. To the west is a plantation named Black Castle wood.
ee also
*Blackcastle Hill, East Lothian
*Chesters Hill Fort
*White Castle hillfort
*Traprain Law
*List of places in East Lothian
*List of hill forts in England
*List of hill forts in Wales
*List of hill forts in Scotland
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