Black Hill (Clydesdale)

Black Hill (Clydesdale)

infobox UK place
country = Scotland
official_name= Black Hill
os_grid_reference= NS 831 435
latitude= 55.6708
longitude= -3.8702
unitary_scotland= South Lanarkshire
post_town= LANARK
postcode_district = ML11
postcode_area= ML
dial_code=
edinburgh_distance=
london_distance=

The Black Hill is South Lanarkshire is owned by the National Trust for Scotland. It overlooks the Clyde Valley, and is the location of a burial cairn from the Bronze Age and an Iron Age fortress.

The hill is 2 miles (3 km) east of Blackwood and looks down to the Clyde valley at Kirkfieldbank. It peaks at a height of 290m (or 951 feet) [cite web|url=http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/features/featurefirst7783.html|title=Black Hill|work=Gazetteer for Scotland|accessdate=2008-09-23] - and now has an ordnance survey triangulation point on top of the cairn. Views include Goat Fell on the island of Arran and the Cobbler, Ben Lomond and parts of the Southern Highlands.cite news|url=http://www.hamiltonadvertiser.co.uk/lifestyle/walk-this-way/2008/04/11/black-hill-clyde-valley-51525-20752316/|title=Black Hill, Clyde Valley|last=Lamarra|first=Paul |date=Apr 11 2008|work=Hamilton Advertiser|publisher=Scottish & Universal Newspapers Limited|accessdate=2008-09-23]

As a strategic viewpoint it has been valued for over 4,000 years. Today, the outline of the Iron Age fort and its settlement enclosure along with the Bronze Age burial cairn are clearly visible. The site may have had spiritual significance for these early peoples, indeed it has been suggested that the cairn was built in line with the larger summit cairn on Tinto, and may have been used as a means of deciding the date of the Winter solstice.

It was designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument in 1969. [cite web|url=http://guide.visitscotland.com/vs/guide/5,en,SCH1/objectId,SIG60480Svs,curr,GBP,season,at1,selectedEntry,home/home.html|title=Black Hill|work=Visitors' guide|publisher=VisitScotland.com|accessdate=2008-09-23]

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* [http://www.hamiltonadvertiser.co.uk/lifestyle/walk-this-way/2008/04/11/black-hill-clyde-valley-51525-20752316/ Feature in the Hamilton Advertiser April 11, 2008]


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