What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Portkil as Cist(s) (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.
Bronze Age cist tomb; likely dates to the second millennium BCE. Its significance lies in contributing to the understanding of early burial practices and funerary architecture in prehistoric Scotland.
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Places near here
Portkil BayBay · 233 yd
Portkil PointHeadland · 265 yd
Portkil HouseHouse (period Unassigned), Officers Quarters (first World War) · 508 yd
Kilcreggan, Ferry PierPier (period Unassigned) · 1152 yd
Meikleross BayEnclosure (prehistoric)(possible) · 1206 yd
Kilcreggan, Rosneath Road, K6 Telephone KioskTelephone Box (20th Century) · 1240 yd
Rebecca: Rosneath Point, Upper Firth of ClydeSchooner (20th Century) · 1.4 mi
Pet: Whiteforeland Point, Greenock, Upper Firth of ClydeCraft (19th Century) · 1.5 mi
Rosneath CastleCastle (medieval) · 1.6 mi
John Galt Memorial FountainMemorial · 1.7 mi
Gourock, Bath Street, Gourock CastleCastle (19th Century) (1840) · 1.8 mi
War MemorialMemorial · 1.8 miOther information
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