Lyle Hill stands at the West End of Greenock in Inverclyde, Scotland. It has scenic viewpoints accessible from Lyle Road, which was constructed in 1879–1880 and named after Provost Abram Lyle, well known as a sugar refiner. The hill's highest point is Craigs Top at 426 feet (130 m) above sea level, and before the road was constructed the hill was known as the Craigs, or as the Bingens (with various spellings). Adjacent to the highest point of the road, a scenic viewpoint looks out over Gourock and the Firth of Clyde to Cowal in the west, and north over the Fort Matilda area of Greenock to Argyll across the Clyde. There are benches, information points, and a beacon which is lit on significant occasions. Car parking spaces give views to the west, and a short distance further down the road the Free French Memorial is in the shape of the Cross of Lorraine combined with an anchor. Across the road, steps and a rough path lead up to a viewpoint at Craigs Top with views up the River Clyde as far as Glasgow. History and name The hill was at one time known as the Craigs or Craigs Top, the Bingens, Mount Binian or Binnan's Hill. Spellings included the Binghans, Bingans, Bingins, Bingens, and Binyans, and it was suggested that this came from the Gaelic Binneans with the meaning of little hills. The Reform Act 1832 plan of Greenock shows Craigs Top, with Craigs Farm House to its east, as does an 1842 map of "Greenock and its environs" though it uses the term Farm Steading. From 1856 onwards, large scale Ordnance Survey maps show Craigs Top, with Craigs farm about to the east. They also show Bow Hill to the south, but do not give any other name to the northern part of the hill. Admiralty charts from 1850 on show Binian Peak or Mt. Binian, after 1915 they show Craigs Top with Mt. Binian as a supplementary name, after 1932 just Craigs Top. John Thomson's 1832 Atlas of Scotland depicts the mass of the hill. The word Cadelhills, across its southern part, was the name of a house and its garden, now in the grounds of Greenock Crematorium. A study of the early cartography of Renfrewshire states that the name "Lyle's Hill" appears on James Knox's 1836 Map of the Basin of the Clyde, but does not