What is recorded here
Blackcastle Hill is an unmarked Roman coin hoard findspot in the Scottish Borders, remembered only through a point accurate to the nearest kilometre. The hill may hide a lost pocket of brass and silver, waiting beneath grass and rain for someone patient enough to look.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Blackcastle Hill as Findspot (period Unassigned), Coin Hoard (roman). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1km. 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
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AshkirkFindspot (period Unassigned), Lithic Implement (flint)(period Unassigned) · 1542 yd
Salenside PlantationForest · 1638 yd
North SyntonArchitectural Fragment (period Unknown), Farmhouse (19th Century), Farmstead (19th Century), Tower House (16th Century) - (19th Century), Quern (period Unknown) · 1.7 mi
Stobshaw HillMountain / peak · 1.9 mi
Green HillMountain / peak · 2.2 mi
Cross WoodWood · 2.3 mi
MuirfieldNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 2.3 mi
General's TowerCastle · 3.5 mi
Lilliesleaf, Main StreetNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 4.1 mi