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The ruined farmstead of Mattockhill is located beside a road leading to Riggangower Quarry Landfill site (see NS4375 : Riggangower); this part of the road also provides public access (for pedestrians and cyclists) to Loch Humphrey (see Link for details). Sheephill Quarry is located just beyond the hillside that is visible on the skyline, directly behind the ruins (see Link for a different view of that hillside, and compare NS4374 : Warning behind Craigunnock Stone Quarry).

The remnants of an enclosure associated with Mattockhill can be seen in the field just south of the ruins: NS4274 : Remains of enclosure at ruins of Mattockhill.

In connection with the old name High Chapelton, compare NS4275 : Possible site of Old Chapel of Colquhoun; a Canmore entry, linked from there, quotes from the same work, where reference is made to a "Chapel Knowe"; the knoll shown in that photograph is located only 150 metres to the north of the Mattockhill ruins.

There are two buildings here, almost end to end; there was a space between them, which was walled on one side, and roofed over (see NS4274 : Ruins of Mattockhill). Whether or not it had a door where there is now a gap, it was probably used for storage.

The farther of the two buildings has a feature that the nearer does not: a small annexe, which can be seen in the present picture projecting from the left-hand side of the far end of the buildings. It was not present in 1896, but was added before the First World War.