Cairnpapple Hill
Ring Ditch (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Cairnpapple Hill
Classification Ring Ditch (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 47942
Site Number NS97SE 37
NGR NS 9828 7148
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council West Lothian
- Parish Torphichen
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District West Lothian
- Former County West Lothian
NS97SE 37 9828 7148.
NS 983 715. Ring ditch: On the SW brow of Cairnpapple Hill, at 925' OD, a shallow 6' wide ditch encloses a broadly oval level area, 24' E-W x 21' N-S. There is no apparent bank and no obvious entrance. Ten yds E, a 6' - 8' wide terrace curves SW down the slope for 90 yds to an old road.
E A Cormack 1967
NS 9828 7148. This near circular ditched enclosure, situated on a slight slope, is generally as described. Its date and purpose are not clear but it has been by-passed by rig-and-furrow. There has been mining activity in the area but it is difficult to associate this feature with mining.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (JP) 15 August 1974
Ring - barrow.
Visited by RCAHMS, 12 July 1975.
