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Dunbar, Castle Park

Building (early Medieval), Cemetery (early Medieval), Linear Feature (later Prehistoric)(possible), Structure (late Iron Age)

What is recorded here

Dunbar Castle Park holds an early Medieval building and cemetery beside a possible later Prehistoric linear feature and late Iron Age structure. The layered remains suggest people kept returning to the same ground across centuries, building, burying and marking boundaries in sequence.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Dunbar, Castle Park as Building (early Medieval), Cemetery (early Medieval), Linear Feature (later Prehistoric)(possible), Structure (late Iron Age). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Dunbar, Castle Park in Scotland is associated with early medieval activity and may have been a significant defensive or ecclesiastical site, though specific builders or holders are not recorded. Its importance lies in its archaeological value, contributing to understanding of early medieval settlement and land use in the region.

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