Cairnpapple Hill

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Cairnpapple Hill is a prominent prehistoric ceremonial and burial site in Scotland, featuring Neolithic and Bronze Age remains and offering extensive views over the surrounding landscape.

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Label Occurrences
Cairnpapple Hill canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site ⓘ
prehistoric burial site ⓘ
prehistoric ceremonial site ⓘ
scheduled monument ⓘ
associatedWithCulture Bronze Age communities in Scotland ⓘ
Neolithic communities in Scotland ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
discoveredBy Stuart Piggott ⓘ
earliestActivityDate late 4th millennium BC ⓘ
elevation about 312 metres above sea level ⓘ
excavatedBy Stuart Piggott ⓘ
excavationEndDate 1948 ⓘ
excavationStartDate 1947 ⓘ
gridReferenceSystem OS grid reference ⓘ
hasFeature burial cairn ⓘ
cists ⓘ
henges ⓘ
modern concrete dome protecting burial chamber ⓘ
ring-ditch ⓘ
stone settings ⓘ
hasNameEtymology name possibly derived from Gaelic elements relating to cairn and hill ⓘ
hasPeriod Bronze Age ⓘ
Iron Age ⓘ
Neolithic ⓘ
hasViewOf Firth of Forth ⓘ
Forth Valley ⓘ
Ochil Hills ⓘ
Pentland Hills ⓘ
heritageDesignation Scheduled Ancient Monument ⓘ
linked to: Scheduled Monument
knownFor burial cairns ⓘ
extensive views over central Scotland ⓘ
henges ⓘ
prehistoric ritual use ⓘ
locatedIn West Lothian ⓘ
locatedNear Bathgate ⓘ
Linlithgow ⓘ
managedBy Historic Environment Scotland ⓘ
materialFound cremation burials ⓘ
flint tools ⓘ
human remains ⓘ
pottery ⓘ
nearbySettlement Torphichen ⓘ
openToPublic true ⓘ
region Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ
usedAs burial ground ⓘ
ceremonial centre ⓘ

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West Lothian → containsLandmark → Cairnpapple Hill ⓘ
Bathgate Hills → hasHighestPoint → Cairnpapple Hill ⓘ
Bathgate Hills → contains → Cairnpapple Hill ⓘ