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Caldron Hill
Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Caldron Hill
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 41234
Site Number NS25SW 8
NGR NS 2290 5115
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/41234
- Council North Ayrshire
- Parish West Kilbride
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Cunninghame
- Former County Ayrshire
NS25SW 8 2290 5115.
(NS 2289 5114) Cairn (NR)
OS 6" map (1911)
There is a large cairn of stones, measuring 30 paces by 20, on top of Caldron Hill. It is not on the highest part of the hill.
J Smith 1895
A cairn, spread to a diameter of 16.0m and 1.1m high, is situated about 70m SW of the summit of Caldron Hill. Upon the centre some of the stones have been placed in a pile 2.0m high and 5.0m in diameter at base, and others have been used to construct a shooting butt, also upon the cairn.
Visited by OS (DS) 10 September 1956
NS 2290 5115. A cairn measuring 19.0m N-S by 14.0m and 1.2m high. Two shooting butts have been constructed using stones from the cairn, one at the centre of the cairn and the other on the NW perimeter.
Visited by OS (TRG) 30 November 1976