Cairnpapple Hill

Cairnpapple Hill is just north of Bathgate. It is a fascinating prehistoric site, with a henge and a cairn (which you can descend into via a ladder), though the true summit is slightly to the south of both.

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Region: Lothian

Altitude: 312 metres

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Panoramic summit view (click to open)


Cairnpapple Hill
Photo ©Chris Mac



Users' walk reports for Cairnpapple Hill

There are 1000 Walkhighlanders who have climbed Cairnpapple Hill. They have contributed 11 public walk reports including this summit. These are ordered below with the most popular ones first. The rightmost column shows how many summits were included in their report, which may help you to find the most relevant reports.

Walk report AuthorDate walked LikesHills
  9/10/20  12 S1
  15/3/20  7 S7
  14/1/24  6 S1
  20/3/24  5 S1
  11/4/12  5 S1
  25/9/17  3 S1
  16/10/21  2 S1
  19/9/19  2 S1
  16/7/13  1 S1
  31/1/16  0 S1
  26/9/13  0 S1

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