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Knock Hill cairn is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, situated 605 metres west-south-west of St John's Well. The cairn was constructed on bedrock belonging to an unnamed igneous intrusion of mafic rock composition, formed during the Silurian period. This geological foundation would have influenced the availability of stone for the monument's construction.
The cairn represents a characteristic funerary structure of the Bronze Age, when communities marked the final resting places of their dead with substantial stone monuments. Such cairns typically contained single or multiple burials, often accompanied by pottery and metalwork that reflected the status and beliefs of the deceased.
The monument is protected by Historic Environment Scotland under the designation SM11666, recognising its importance as a record of prehistoric burial practice in the region. Its position in the Aberdeenshire landscape, built upon ancient igneous rock, places it within a broader tradition of Bronze Age monument-building that extends across Scotland's varied terrain.
Knock Hill cairn, 605m WSW of St John's Well is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM11666. View the official record →
Knock Hill cairn is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, situated 605 metres west-south-west of St John's Well. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM11666.
Knock Hill cairn, 605m WSW of St John's Well 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 SM11666.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Knockargety Wood, unfinished hillfort 200m to 370m N of Upper Ruthven (0.4 km), Ferny Howe, cairn 200m ESE of (0.5 km), Leys, homestead 400m NW of (1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Knock Hill cairn, 605m WSW of St John's Well'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.
Knock Hill cairn, 605m WSW of St John's Well stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Ordovician To Silurian, bedrock that formed in the Silurian. The rock here is mafic igneous-rock.