
What is recorded here
Castle Hill in South Lanarkshire is an unassigned earthwork, a bare ridge of soil and memory rather than a named castle. It is the kind of place where people may have hidden, watched, or simply lived before written history arrived to take credit. The hill keeps its shape because somebody shaped it, and that much still stands even when the name and date are gone.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Castle Hill as Earthwork (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
WestsideEnclosure (period Unassigned)(possible) · 770 yd
Symington, Kirk Bauk, Symington Parish ChurchChurch (18th Century), War Memorial(s) (20th Century) · 939 yd
Symington, Manse Road, the ManseManse (19th Century) · 994 yd
Cottage WoodWood · 1287 yd
Broadlees StripForest · 1312 yd
Wee HillMountain / peak · 1754 yd
Symington HouseCountry House (period Unassigned) · 1.1 mi
Fatlips CastleCastle (medieval) · 1.6 mi
Cormiston TowersTower House (medieval)(possible) · 1.7 mi
Cornhill FarmNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 1.9 mi
War MemorialMemorial · 2.2 mi
Turkey HillMountain / peak · 2.2 miOther information
Photo: Alan O'Dowd · CC BY-SA 2.0