What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Kirkhill as Cist (early Bronze Age), Beaker (early Bronze Age). 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.
Early Bronze Age cist tomb, associated with Beaker culture; significant as part of the funerary practices and burial traditions in early Scottish prehistory.
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Places near here
Penicuik, 55 John StreetVilla (19th Century) · 142 yd
Penicuik, Wilson Street, the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic ChurchChurch (20th Century) · 226 yd
Penicuik, High Street, St Mungo's ChurchChurch (18th Century) (1771) · 241 yd
Penicuik, Kirkhill RoadNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 415 yd
PenicuikFood Vessel (bronze Age) · 724 yd
Uttershill CastleCastle · 849 yd
Serpentine WoodWood · 1281 yd
Lowrie's DenWood · 1.0 mi
Mauricewood Road, PenicuikNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 1.0 mi
Ravensneuk CastleCastle (medieval) · 1.1 mi
War MemorialMonument · 1.7 mi
C.T.R. WilsonMemorial · 1.8 miOther information
Photo: Leslie Barrie · CC BY-SA 2.0