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In a county not known for its hills, Cairnpapple Hill rises to a summit at 1,024 feet above sea level, which makes it the highest point in West Lothian, though the nextdoor hill, The Knock, is just a foot short of it. | In a county not known for its hills, Cairnpapple Hill rises to a summit at 1,024 feet above sea level, which makes it the highest point in West Lothian, though the nextdoor hill, The Knock, is just a foot short of it. | ||
The hill is best known for its ancient burial cairns and the signs found there of ritual use over thousands of years: it was apparently used and re-used as a major ritual site over about 4,000 years, and in its day would have been comparable to better known sites like the Standing Stones of Stenness}}<noinclude> | The hill is best known for its ancient burial cairns and the signs found there of ritual use over thousands of years: it was apparently used and re-used as a major ritual site over about 4,000 years, and in its day would have been comparable to better known sites like the Standing Stones of Stenness.}}<noinclude> | ||
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