What is recorded here
Castlehead rises above Paisley as an earthwork without a clear date, leaving its purpose tangled in time. The hill may have watched ships, hidden people or marked a boundary now forgotten. Its shape still holds the town beneath a sky full of chimney smoke and old certainty.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Paisley, Castlehead 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
Paisley, CastleheadJug (medieval) · 49 yd,_Renfrewshire_(geograph_3278566).jpg?width=1280)
Paisley, West StationRailway Station (19th Century) - (20th Century) · 292 yd
Paisley, Maxwellton StreetStone (period Unassigned) · 414 yd
Maxwellton Cross MemorialMemorial · 423 yd
Paisley, Canal Street, GeneralGeneral View (period Unassigned) · 478 yd
The "Snail In The Bottle" Case MemorialMemorial · 672 yd
Paisley Museum and Art GalleriesMuseum · 874 yd
Paisley, Church HillNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 994 yd
Saucel HillMountain / peak · 1032 yd
Paisley, Oakshaw StreetNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 1057 yd
Millennium Milepost Saucelhill ParkVisitor information · 1181 yd
Paisley, Stanely CastleCastle (medieval) · 1.3 mi