North Hill
Cairn (Period Unassigned), Fort (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Vitrified Stone (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Site Name North Hill
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned), Fort (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Vitrified Stone (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Knockewart, Knockewen
Canmore ID 41008
Site Number NS24NW 20
NGR NS 2387 4806
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/41008
- Council North Ayrshire
- Parish Ardrossan
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Cunninghame
- Former County Ayrshire
NS24NW 20 2387 4806.
(NS 2387 4806) Cairn (NR)
OS 6" map (1970)
There is a round cairn, about 30ft in diameter, composed of small stones, on top of North Hill (795ft OD) (Name Book 1856). Though all Smith could see at this site was the cairn noted in the Ordnance Survey Name Book (ONB), he adds that there was said to have been a vitrified fort here, the highest of the Knockewart Hills.
J Smith 1895
This turf-covered cairn measures 11.5m E-W by 9.7m transversely, and stands to a maximum height of 1.3m. A triangulation pillar has been erected on its centre. (There is no record in OS files of any finds when this was being built). There are no traces of a fort.
Resurveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 18 November 1965
A watching brief was conducted during the construction of a building and service trench. No archaeological deposits were disturbed, although evidence that part of the cairn consists of modern construction debris wasdiscovered.
Sponsor: British Gas
S Bain 1992
No change to the previous report. Much disturbed, this largely earthen cairn or barrow has lost much of its original form, and is heavily truncated around the S. Construction work at the adjacent wireless station further threatens this monument.
Visited by OS (JRL) 10 November 1982
Field Visit (10 September 1942)
Cairn, Knockewen Hill.
On the very summit of Knockewen Hill is a small grass-grown cairn of stones less than 30' across. A small trig. station has been heaped on top of it. No vitrified fort was seen in the vicinity.
Visited by RCAHMS 10 September 1942
Desk Based Assessment (November 2014 - March 2015)
A desk-based assessment and reconnaissance field survey have been carried out for the Proposed Development Site. Seventeen cultural heritage assets (sites and features) have been identified within the Proposed Development Site. These range in date from the early prehistoric (Neolithic/Bronze Age) to the post-medieval period and include a well-preserved cup and ring marked rock, which is a Scheduled Monument, several prehistoric artefact find-spots, a possible prehistoric enclosure and later post-medieval settlement and agrarian activity.
Funder: Community Windpower Ltd.
CFA Archaeology Ltd
OASIS ID: cfaarcha1-260699
