What is recorded here
Castle Hill in Dalry, North Ayrshire, still wears the shape of a fort, though no date or builder is recorded. The hill may have watched coast traffic, hidden people from storms, or simply marked a boundary between neighbourhoods. Its absence from human memory does not erase the shape, only returns the meaning to guesswork.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Castle Hill, Dalry as Fort (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.
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Places near here
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