Duntilland Hill
Cairn (Prehistoric)
Site Name Duntilland Hill
Classification Cairn (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 46739
Site Number NS86SW 4
NGR NS 8318 6394
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/46739
- Council North Lanarkshire
- Parish Shotts (Monklands)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Monklands
- Former County Lanarkshire
Field Visit (August 1974)
Cairn, Duntilland Hill
Occupying the knoll that forms the summit of Duntilland Hill there are the turf-covered remains of a cairn 8.8m in diameter. The cairn, on which an OS triangulation cairn has been placed, survives to a height of 0.7m.
RCAHMS 1978, visited August 1974
Field Visit (10 June 1976)
NS86SW 4 8318 6394.
An irregularly shaped, grass-covered mound 11.5m N-S by 10.0m. Although this mound has some stone content, it appears to be mainly earthen and is not definitely identifiable as a cairn.
Visited by OS(BS) 10 June 1976.
Field Visit (30 June 1992)
This cairn is situated on the edge of the precipitous S face of Duntilland Hill. It is sub-circular, measuring about 9.5m in diameter and 1m in height. It has a flat top and there are possible traces of a kerb around its edge.
(CSW 4203)
Visited by RCAHMS (SDB) 30 June 1992.
