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Hawk Hill cairn is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in Clackmannanshire, Scotland. The cairn comprises a mound of stones constructed as a burial structure, characteristic of prehistoric communal or individual interment practices in central Scotland. The monument's exact dating and original dimensions have been subject to archaeological interpretation, though it represents an important element of the region's early burial landscape. As a scheduled ancient monument under Historic Environment Scotland designation SM6914, it remains a significant record of prehistoric settlement and funerary customs in the Clackmannan area.
Hawk Hill cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6914. View the official record →
Hawk Hill cairn is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in Clackmannanshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6914.
Hawk Hill cairn is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM6914.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Alloa Glass Works,glass cone (1.2 km), Clackmannan Tower (1.7 km), Kennetpans Distillery,Clackmannan (4.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Hawk Hill cairn's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Hawk Hill cairn stands on Scottish Coal Measures Group, bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.