What is recorded here
Castle Hill in Cupar, Fife, holds unassigned burials and coffins, marking it as a place where death preceded record-keeping. The hill may have swallowed names before writing existed, leaving only bone and soil behind. Whoever laid them there trusted the earth to remember what human systems forgot.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Cupar, Castle Hill as Burial(s) (period Unassigned), Coffin(s) (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.
The historic-place record does not grant public access. Check current conditions and ownership before entering land or a building.
Places near here
Cupar CastleCastle (medieval) · 45 yd
Cupar, St Catherine Street, Corn ExchangeCorn Exchange (19th Century) · 56 yd
Cupar, St Catherine StreetCulvert (period Unassigned) · 70 yd
Cupar, Market CrossMarket Cross (17th Century) · 90 yd
Cupar War MemorialMemorial · 111 yd
Cupar, Cart HaughWar Memorial (20th Century) · 241 yd
Cupar CemeteryCemetery (19th Century) · 1138 yd
MiddlefieldNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 1175 yd
Welcome to Hill of Tarvit Mansion House & GardensVisitor information · 1.7 mi
Cairngreen WoodWood · 1.8 mi
Torr HillWood · 2.1 mi
Fife Folk MuseumMuseum · 2.5 mi