What is recorded here
Castle Hill in Forfar, Angus holds human remains, an arrowhead and a vessel, though no date or owner is known. The hill may have witnessed a life ended by flight or fury, then buried with a cup for the road ahead. Stone and bone still keep that much of the truth, waiting for a person brave enough to imagine the rest.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Forfar, Castle Hill as Human Remains (period Unassigned), Arrowhead (period Unassigned), Vessel (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 100m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
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Places near here
Myre RoadSherd(s) (pottery)(period Unassigned) · 24 yd
Forfar, Castle Street, K6 Telephone KiosksTelephone Box (20th Century) · 31 yd
Forfar, Castle Street, Municipal BuildingsMunicipal Building(s) (19th Century) · 41 yd
Forfar, the Cross, British Linen BankBank (financial) (period Unassigned) · 98 yd
Meffan Institute Museum & GalleryMuseum · 115 yd
Forfar, Castle HillCastle (medieval) · 124 yd
Forfar, Green StreetNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 263 yd
Carseburn Road, ForfarNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 484 yd
Forfar, Monument to Sir Robert Peel, Forfar CemeteryCommemorative Monument (19th Century) · 603 yd
Peter Reid StatueMemorial · 779 yd
Balmashanner HillViewpoint · 1426 yd
Gallows TreeBroadleaf Tree, exact kind not recorded · 1548 yd