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The burial mound on the summit of Cairnpapple Hill, West Lothan

Cairnpapple Hill Cairnpapple Hill, rising behind Bathgate, is a hill in West Lothian with a dominating position in the Central Lowlands giving views from the summit to both coasts, on the Forth and the Firth of Clyde. 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. (Read more)