Tinto Hill
Cairnfield (Period Unassigned), Unenclosed Platform Settlement (Prehistoric)
Site Name Tinto Hill
Classification Cairnfield (Period Unassigned), Unenclosed Platform Settlement (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 79580
Site Number NS93SW 45
NGR NS 940 335
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/79580
- Council South Lanarkshire
- Parish Wiston And Roberton
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Clydesdale
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS93SW 45 940 335
On the S side of Tinto Hill N of March Wood (of which only the W half still exists) there are four house platforms and three small cairns. Described here from the W. A, at NS 9393 3351 measures 7m x 4m; B, at NS 9395 3351 is 14m x 5m; C, at NS 9404 3350 is 10m x 5m and D, at NS 9408 3350 is 18m x 10m. Access sides are W for A, E for B, E and W ? for C and W for D. Two cairns 1m in diameter cairn lies below A. 100m to the NW are several quarry like scoops which may have been platforms in the making, but never completed.
T Ward 1992.
