What is recorded here
Castletown, Shelley Hill is a shell midden in Highland, Scotland, where people dumped kitchen waste and built a hill of discarded life. The bones of meals and markers of presence still lie buried under soil, waiting for rain or curiosity to reveal them.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Castletown, Shelley Hill as Shell Midden (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
CastletownRopewalk (18th Century), Ropewalk (19th Century) · 283 yd
Castlehill Heritage CentreMuseum · 311 yd
Castletown, Main Street, War MemorialWar Memorial (20th Century) · 417 yd
Olrig Parish War MemorialMemorial · 418 yd
CastlehillBroch (iron Age)(possible), Inhumation (viking) · 514 yd
Dunnet SandsLong Cist(s) (early Medieval) · 1172 yd
Olrig CemeteryCemetery (period Unassigned) · 1581 yd
Dunnet BeachBeach / strand · 1.2 mi
Thurso CastleCastle (17th Century) · 4.4 mi
Jonge Thomas: Easter Head, Dunnet Head, Pentland FirthCraft (18th Century) · 5.2 mi
Britannia: Thurso Bay, Pentland FirthSchooner (19th Century) · 5.3 mi
Easter HeadHeadland · 5.3 mi