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Ballagioch
Cairn (Prehistoric)
Site Name Ballagioch
Classification Cairn (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Ballageich Hill
Canmore ID 43978
Site Number NS55SW 2
NGR NS 53747 50048
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/43978
- Council East Renfrewshire
- Parish Eaglesham
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Eastwood
- Former County Renfrewshire
NS55SW 2 NS 53747 50048
(NS 5374 5005) Cairn (NR)
OS 25" map, (1968)
NS 537 501. Mound, Ballagioch Hill.
Information from annotated plan by RCAHMS, 1954.
A much-mutilated, grass-covered, stony mound situated on a spur of Ballagioch Hill. The site commands an extensive view on all sides except the W. The mound, sub-circular, measures 22.0m N-S by 24.0m and has a maximum height of 1.0m on the E side. In the SE segment there is a small, oval hollow, probably a modern excavation. The remainder of the mound is mutilated by excavation and stone removal, but the quantity of stone remaining suggests a cairn.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (W D J) 23 November 1964.
This site was visited in the course of fieldwork by Dr. T.C. Welsh.
For further details see MS/1508 (Welsh 1983).
This cairn, which is situated on a spur at the SE end of Ballagioch Hill, measures up to 21m in diameter and 1.1m in height. The flat-topped mound has been disturbed by quarrying, particularly on the S and W.
Visited by RCAHMS (PMCK) 19 July 2007.
Field Visit (6 July 1954)
Mound, Ballagioch Hill.
This mound is situated a quarter of a mile WNW of Greenfield farmhouse on the eastern extremity of the level summit-plateau of Ballagioch Hill at a height of a little over 1,000 feet OD. It measures about 70 feet in diameter and stands to a maximum height of 4 feet above ground level. A few boulders which may represent the remains of a kerb or revetment protrude through the turf at widely-spaced intervals on the perimeter, and what appears to be a small quarry lies in the SE quadrant. The surface of the mound is uneven and has been used in modern times as the site for bonfires.
The structure is probably a denuded cairn, but the possibility that it might be the ruin of a circular stone fort cannot be ruled out.
Visited by RCAHMS (RWF) 6 July 1954.
Reference (1957)
This site is noted in the ‘List of monuments discovered during the survey of marginal land (1951-5)’ (RCAHMS 1957, xiv-xviii).
Information from RCAHMS (GFG), 24 October 2012.
