
What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Kirk Hill as Cairn (prehistoric)(possible), Plantation Bank (medieval) - (post Medieval). 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.
A prehistoric cairn, possibly dating to the Neolithic or Early Bronze Age, with later medieval or post-medieval activity in the form of a plantation bank. Its significance lies in its potential to reflect early burial or ritual practices, as well as later land use in the landscape.
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Places near here
Kirk HillEnclosure (period Unknown), Structure (period Unassigned) · 81 yd
High MainsEnclosure (19th Century), Well Head (period Unassigned) · 587 yd
High NewlandsFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 743 yd
NewlandsFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 1023 yd
Craigdow HillMountain / peak · 1578 yd
Lochmodie CastleTower House (medieval) · 1.2 mi
Old Dalquharran CastleCastle · 1.6 mi
Glenshalloch WoodForest · 1.7 mi
War MemorialMemorial · 1.7 mi
Brunston PlantationWood · 1.7 mi
Dailly, CemeteryCemetery (19th Century) · 1.9 mi
Barony HillMountain / peak · 3.3 miOther information
Photo: Mary and Angus Hogg · CC BY-SA 2.0