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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

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Administrative Areas

  • Council North Ayrshire
  • Parish Largs
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Cunninghame
  • Former County Ayrshire

Archaeology Notes

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

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