Hills of Britain and Ireland
OS Map of Cairnpapple Hill
Height: 312m / 1024ft • Prominence: 168m / 551ft • Summit : no feature 5m NE of trig point • Trip reports (hill-bagging)
Road block
Storm damage caused by Storm Eówyn
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Toppling history
Storm damage caused by Storm Eówyn
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Mighty mountains and wee hills
Winter wander to Cairnpapple. In the Background, Ben Ledi and in front the Torphichen Hills
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Winter and the tree
Winter wander to Cairnpapple
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A storms coming
Winter wander to Cairnpapple
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Snow Gorse
Winter wander to Cairnpapple
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This is OS mapping. In some areas, OpenStreetMap shows more footpaths
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The other photos have been geo-tagged as on or around the summit. For less busy mountains, it can be a little hit and miss.
Road block
Storm damage caused by Storm Eówyn
gb scotland westlothian bathgate storm winter damage 54289539048
Toppling history
Storm damage caused by Storm Eówyn
gb scotland westlothian bathgate storm winter damage 54288413992
Mighty mountains and wee hills
Winter wander to Cairnpapple. In the Background, Ben Ledi and in front the Torphichen Hills
westlothian gb scotland walll torphichenhills snow fence munro torphichen winter gorse mountain stucachroin 54255877986
Winter and the tree
Winter wander to Cairnpapple
winter snow scotland tree gb torpichenfence sheep westlothian 54256105358
A storms coming
Winter wander to Cairnpapple
westlothian gb scotland countryside benvorlich cloud stucachroin storm snow coutnryside windturbine winter gorse 54254985562
Snow Gorse
Winter wander to Cairnpapple
yellow winter gorse snow scotland gb flower prickle westlothian 54256114684
Winter turbines
Winter wander to Cairnpapple
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Snowy track
Winter wander to Cairnpapple
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Transmitter
Winter wander to Cairnpapple
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Cairnpapple Hill
Cairnpapple Hill is home to a prehistoric monument. The plateau on the 312 metre high hill south of Linlithgow, was used as a burial ground and place of worship between around 3000 and 1400 BC. Excavations towards the end of the 1940s revealed the complete chronology of the elements on the mound. The first activity on the mound consisted of the placement of three menhirs in the centre of an arc of small pits containing cremated human bones. This cemetery was located within an oval henge monument with a ditch and rampart built around 3000 BC, in which a circle of 24 menhirs was erected. Centuries later, the type of use changed and burials took place in a chambered tomb, which was erected in the western section of the henge and covered by a round mound. The grave was the resting place of an important person whose face was covered with a kind of mask. Next to her lay a wooden club. A drinking cup lay at the head and foot of the grave. The stone mound was later enlarged to accommodate two urns.
01-Aug-24 • Martin M. Miles • flickr
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Videos
A journey through Scotland's ancient sites Before Caledonia PATREON https://www.patreon.com/user?u=21567811 Before ...
Cairnpapple Hill is a fascinating Neolithic and Bronze Age site in Scotland, run by Historic Scotland. There's a small visitor centre, ...
Cairnpapple Hill is a hill with a dominating position in central lowland Scotland with views from coast to coast. It was used and ...
Dating from approximately 3500BC this late Neolithic Age, Bronze Age, and early Iron Age scheduled ancient monument is one of ...
Before Caledonia 'A Journey Through Scotland's Ancient Sites'. Before Caledonia PATREON ...
Notes
- Data: Database of British and Irish Hills v18.2
- Maps: We use OS mapping for England, Scotland, Wales, and the Isle of Man. Sadly, Channel Islands, Northern (OSNI) and Southern Ireland (OSI) mapping isn't available online, so we use Openstreetmap.