What is recorded here
Castleside Hill holds a prehistoric roundhouse within the Scottish Borders, where an unassigned settlement still presses against the grass. The stone circle may have marked a doorway, a warning or a promise for people whose names never reached us.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Castleside Hill as Roundhouse (prehistoric), Settlement (period Unassigned). 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
Castleside HillBuilding (period Unassigned) · 39 yd
Essenside LochRig and Furrow (medieval) - (post Medieval) · 561 yd
Girnside HillSettlement (period Unassigned) · 862 yd
Old EssensideVillage (period Unassigned) · 886 yd
Salenside PlantationForest · 1451 yd
Cross WoodWood · 1.2 mi
Grain HillMountain / peak · 1.4 mi
Stobshaw HillMountain / peak · 1.4 mi
North SyntonArchitectural Fragment (period Unknown), Farmhouse (19th Century), Farmstead (19th Century), Tower House (16th Century) - (19th Century), Quern (period Unknown) · 2.6 mi
MuirfieldNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 3.9 mi
Philiphaugh, SelkirkNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 4.2 mi
General's TowerCastle · 4.8 miOther information
Photo: Richard Webb · CC BY-SA 2.0