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Knockside Hills
Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Knockside Hills
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) South Knock Hill
Canmore ID 41145
Site Number NS25NE 1
NGR NS 2578 5829
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/41145
- Council North Ayrshire
- Parish Largs
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Cunninghame
- Former County Ayrshire
NS25NE 1 2578 5829
See also NS25NE 7.
(NS 2578 5829) Cairn (NR)
OS 6" map (1962)
This cairn, the easternmost of two on South Knock Hill, is 19 paces in diameter with a small cairn on the top.
J Smith 1895
Situated on the N edge of a prominent ridge is a large, irregularly shaped cairn, measuring 19.0m E-W by 15.0m transversely, excluding obvious spread. It is 1.8m high excluding the modern cairn on top. It has no other features visible.
Visited by OS (JLD) 19 September 1956
No change.
Visited by OS (JRL) 23 January 1983
