East Lothian has some of the finest and most varied archaeology in Scotland.

This is a whistlestop tour of some of what East Lothian has to offer At the start of February, Victoria rimary School became the site of two bron!e age burials. "p until now, no other prehistoric remains had been discovered in this area. #efore we have the #ron!e Age, we see evidence of the $#ea%er& culture in East Lothian. $#ea%er& is a term for a loosely and widely scattered archaeological culture that emerged in parts of Europe in the Late 'eolithic to the early bron!e age ()**+,)**#-E. They are characteri!ed for their distinctive bea%er drin%ing vessels. They are responsible for many of the regions standing stones and stone circles. East Lothian boasts the earliest e/ample of steel wor%ing in #ritain. #ro/mouth 0ill Fort has yielded evidence of deliberate steel wor%ing from as early as 12* #- 3 the early 4ron Age. 5e end up in the Late 4ron Age. The 4ron Age in East Lothian saw some of Scotland6s most powerful and influential -eltic tribes. 4n ,7,7, the Traprain Law 0oard was unearthed, leading to some fascinating new insights to how the coming of the 8omans affected the native populace of East Lothian. (**2 saw the discovery of an 4ron Age warrior grave, with several e/amples of swords and speartips from the time, allowing a greater understanding of the warrior culture of this period. Archaeology in East Lothian spans for thousands of years. This is 9ust a brief introduction. East Lothian was a pivotal area from after the 8omans had left, up through the early to high :iddle Ages and to recent memory. 8ecently in 0addington, there have been archaeological digs at #othwell -astle, a townhouse dating to the ,;th century. At restongrange, there is a wide variety of Archaeological evidence, pointing to at least ; centuries of habitation.