Bennan Hill
Cinerary Urn(S) (Bronze Age)
Site Name Bennan Hill
Classification Cinerary Urn(S) (Bronze Age)
Alternative Name(s) Bennan Hill 1 & 2
Canmore ID 41559
Site Number NS30SE 3
NGR NS 3792 0337
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/41559
- Council South Ayrshire
- Parish Straiton (Kyle And Carrick)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Kyle And Carrick
- Former County Ayrshire
NS30SE 3 3792 0337.
(NS 3792 0337) A cinerary urn was found in digging the foundation for a 30' high obelisk erected on the top of Bennan Hill circa 1787 and removed circa 1855. Another urn, much smaller than the first, was found about 1790 at the further side of the same hill (Sir J Hunter-Blair, Milton, Straiton) (OSA 1793; NSA 1845; Name Book 1856).
Visited by OS (WDJ) 6 September 1968
Nothing significant was noted on the undulating, grassed summit area of Bennan Hill. There is no trace of the obelisk nor local information of its former position. Armstrong's map of 1775 shows an obelisk but the scale and portrayal give no help as to exact location.
Visited by OS (JRL) 30 October 1980
Note (1983)
Bennan Hill 1 NS 379 035 NS30SE 3
In the late 18th century, when the foundations for an obelisk were being dug, an 'urn ... filled with ashes' was discovered at the NNE end of the summit of Bennan Hill.
RCAHNS 1983
(Stat. Acct., iii, 1792, 586; OS 6-inch map, Ayrshire, 1st ed., 1859, sheet Ii)
Note (1983)
Bennan Hill 2 NS 37 03 NS30SE 3
About 1789 an 'urn' was found on the S side of Bennan Hill.
RCAHMS 1983
(Stat. Acct., iii, 1792, 586-7)
