Cairnpapple Hill
Cairnpapple Hill is a hill with a dominating position in central lowland Scotland with views from coast to coast. It was used and re-used as a major ritual site for around 4,000 years, and in its day would have been comparable to better known sites like the Standing Stones of Stenness.Photo: JeremyA, CC BY-SA 2.5.
- Type: Scenic viewpoint
- Description: Neolithic henge monument
- Also known as: “Cairnpapple Hill, prehistoric ceremonial complex”
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Torphichen Preceptory and Cockleroi.
Torphichen Preceptory
Church
Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Torphichen Preceptory is a church in the village of Torphichen, West Lothian, Scotland. It comprises the remains of the preceptory of the Knights Hospitaller of the Order of St John of Jerusalem in Scotland. Torphichen Preceptory is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Cairnpapple Hill.
Cockleroi
Peak
Photo: AlastairG, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cockleroi or Cockleroy is a prominent hill in Scotland. It is Linlithgow's local hill. On its top there are some remains of an Iron Age's hill fort. Cockleroi is situated 1½ miles north of Cairnpapple Hill.
Bathgate High Church
Church
Photo: Kenmcfa, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Bathgate High Church is situated 2 miles south of Cairnpapple Hill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Torphichen and Bathgate.
Torphichen
Village
Photo: Stephencdickson, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Torphichen is a historic small village located north of Bathgate in West Lothian, Scotland. The village is approximately 18 miles west of Edinburgh, 7 miles south-east of Falkirk and 4 miles south-west of Linlithgow.
Bathgate
Town
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bathgate is a town in West Lothian, Scotland, 5 miles west of Livingston and adjacent to the M8 motorway. Nearby towns are Linlithgow, Livingston, and West Calder. Bathgate is situated 2 miles south of Cairnpapple Hill.
Boghall
Suburb
Boghall is a Council Estate built in the early 1960s in West Lothian, Scotland just to the east of Bathgate. Boghall has a range of amenities including a community centre, post office, 3 Corner Shops, a Scotmid supermarket, pharmacy, and a chip shop. Boghall is situated 2 miles south of Cairnpapple Hill.
Cairnpapple Hill
- Categories: mountain, archaeological site, tourism, and peak
- Location: West Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.92775° or 55° 55′ 40″ northLongitude
-3.62287° or 3° 37′ 22″ westElevation
1,024 feet (312 metres)Open location code
9C7RW9HG+4VOpenStreetMap ID
node 257154250OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=viewpointOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noWikidata ID
Q1025955
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Russian—“Cairnpapple Hill” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “肯帕普山”
- Dutch: “Cairnpapple Hill”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل كايرنپاپل هيل”
- French: “Cairnpapple Hill”
- German: “Cairnpapple Hill”
- Japanese: “ケアンパップル・ヒル”
- Ladin: “Cairnpapple Hill”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Cairnpapple Hill”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cairnpapple Hill”
- Norwegian: “Cairnpapple Hill”
- Russian: “Кэрнпаппл-Хилл”
- Russian: “Кэрнпэппл-Хилл”
Notable Places Nearby
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