Camilty Hill Trig Point

Image: © Ian Dodds Taken: 10 Nov 2021

The trig point, at a height of 290 metres, is rather hard to spot in the picture. It is an indistinct grey thing in a gap in some long grass in front of the trees immediately to the left of the gap between the trees, slightly left of the lone conifer. Whilst the Roman fort ruins near here are clearly visible on the ground, the scheduled monument I supposedly took this picture from are most definitely not! According to Historic Environment Scotland there are the remains of a domestic or defensive enclosure at this spot; an expert eye is obviously required for this one as I found absolutely no traces of anything. The fact that there is an area of such pronounced long grass around the trig point is curious. I am submitting this picture several months after having taken it, so initially thought that there might have been saplings with protectors on there, but I don't remember that being the case, and when the picture is fully magnified it does seem to be just unusually long grass.

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