What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Bute, Quien Hill as Cairn (later Prehistoric)(possible). 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.
A possible later prehistoric cairn, Bute, Quien Hill is significant as part of the megalithic and funerary landscape of the Clyde and Campsie Firth area. Its presence contributes to understanding burial practices and settlement patterns in Iron Age Scotland.
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Places near here
Quien HillMountain / peak · 275 yd
Bute, Bicker's HousesChambered Cairn (neolithic), Enclosure (period Unassigned) · 741 yd
Bute, Loch QuienEnclosure (period Unassigned) · 920 yd
Kilmory HillMountain / peak · 1006 yd
Quien PlantationForest · 1088 yd
Bute, Little Kilmory CottageBuilding (18th Century), Smallholding (18th Century) · 1429 yd
Bute, Little KilmoryFarmhouse (period Unassigned) · 1442 yd
ArdscalpsieNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 1703 yd
Scalpsie BayBay · 1.3 mi
St Ninian's BayBay · 1.4 mi
Barnauld WoodForest · 1.7 mi
Bute, StraadNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 1.7 mi