
What is recorded here
Castle Hill in North Ayrshire is an unknown-period natural feature rather than a built castle, which means the dramatic name may be doing more work than the stone. It is the kind of place where people imagine walls, guard rooms and forgotten lords because a hill can hold shadow the way a room holds furniture. The absence of a clear date makes the legend larger: the higher the hill, the more story it can carry.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Castle Hill as Natural Feature (period Unknown). 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
Brisbane GlenLinear Earthwork (period Unassigned), Rig and Furrow (medieval) - (post Medieval) · 647 yd
South WhitlieburnSearchlight Battery (second World War) · 961 yd
East GrassyardsFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 973 yd
Whittlieburn, Constablewood Road, Whittlieburn BridgeRoad Bridge (period Unassigned) · 1084 yd
Peat HillMountain / peak · 1651 yd
Rowantree HillMountain / peak · 1.2 mi
Largs, Brisbane Glen Road, CemeteryCemetery (late 20th Century) · 1.7 mi
KnockNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 2.0 mi
NetherhallNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 2.1 mi
Skelmorlie CastleCastle (medieval), Country House (19th Century) · 2.1 mi
Low Crag - QuadrocksCliff · 2.3 mi
Main Crag - QuadrocksCliff · 2.3 miOther information
Photo: Thomas Nugent · CC BY-SA 2.0