What is recorded here
Blackcastle Hill is an unclassified earthwork in the Scottish Borders, remembered more for shape than history. It rises without a dated name or recorded builder, leaving the hill to imagine its own purpose. The absence of fact does not diminish it; it refuses to be reduced. A hill that cannot be cited may be harder to forget.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Blackcastle Hill as Earthwork (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
The historic-place record does not grant public access. Check current conditions and ownership before entering land or a building.
Places near here
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Synton MainsStock Enclosure (post Medieval) · 1021 yd
Synton LochRoad (post Medieval) · 1040 yd
Salenside PlantationForest · 1.2 mi
North SyntonArchitectural Fragment (period Unknown), Farmhouse (19th Century), Farmstead (19th Century), Tower House (16th Century) - (19th Century), Quern (period Unknown) · 1.3 mi
Stobshaw HillMountain / peak · 1.7 mi
Green HillMountain / peak · 1.8 mi
Cross WoodWood · 2.2 mi
General's TowerCastle · 3.2 mi
Lilliesleaf, Main StreetNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 3.8 mi
Currie Memorial Public HallMemorial · 3.9 miOther information
Photo: Richard Webb · CC BY-SA 2.0