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Knock Hill is a cairn situated 220 metres south of Easter Corblelack in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The monument stands on bedrock composed of an unnamed mafic igneous intrusion of Ordovician to Silurian age, formed during the Silurian period. This underlying geology of dark igneous rock would have been familiar to the Bronze Age communities who constructed the cairn, though the precise stones used in the monument's construction reflect local quarrying and gathering practices.
Cairns of this type and period typically served as burial monuments, often containing cremated remains within stone cists or on the ground surface. The Aberdeenshire uplands, where Knock Hill stands, contain numerous examples of such monuments, suggesting sustained use of the landscape for funerary purposes across generations. The exposed position on higher ground would have made the cairn visible across the surrounding terrain, marking significant burial sites within the community's territory.
The monument is protected by Historic Environment Scotland under the reference SM11530, ensuring its preservation as a record of prehistoric ritual practice and landscape use. The cairn contributes to our understanding of Bronze Age settlement patterns and ceremonial activity in the northeast of Scotland, where such monuments remain important archaeological resources despite the passage of millennia.
Knock Hill, cairn 220m S of Easter Corblelack is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM11530. View the official record →
Knock Hill is a cairn situated 220 metres south of Easter Corblelack in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM11530.
Knock Hill, cairn 220m S of Easter Corblelack 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 SM11530.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Knockargety Wood, unfinished hillfort 200m to 370m N of Upper Ruthven (0.7 km), Ferny Howe, cairn 200m ESE of (0.7 km), Leys, homestead 400m NW of (1.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Knock Hill, cairn 220m S of Easter Corblelack's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Knock Hill, cairn 220m S of Easter Corblelack stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Ordovician To Silurian, bedrock that formed in the Silurian. The rock here is mafic igneous-rock.