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Scaut Hill
Cairn (Prehistoric), Sheep Shelter (Post Medieval)
Site Name Scaut Hill
Classification Cairn (Prehistoric), Sheep Shelter (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 47536
Site Number NS93SE 2
NGR NS 9652 3454
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/47536
- Council South Lanarkshire
- Parish Symington (Clydesdale)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Clydesdale
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS93SE 2 9652 3454.
(NS 9652 3454) A cairn, measuring about 13m in diameter and 1.2m in height, stands on the summit of Scaut Hill (586m OD). It has been partly robbed to build a small sheep-shelter. (cf NS93NE 26.)
RCAHMS 1978, visited 1968.
This cairn was in a similar condition when visited in 1955.
Visited by OS(JD) 21 June 1955.
No change to previous information.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS(JRL) 21 February 1978.
