▁sites ▁in ▁this ▁area ▁appear ▁in ▁the ▁literature ▁under ▁different ▁names , ▁but ▁the ▁names ▁of ▁Sang an ak all u ▁and ▁K up gal , ▁two ▁local ▁villages , ▁occur ▁commonly . ▁Here , ▁ne ol ith ic ▁remains ▁are ▁found ▁concentr ated ▁on ▁the ▁to ps ▁and ▁s lop es ▁of ▁an ▁out c rop ▁of ▁gran it ic ▁hills ▁while ▁remains ▁of ▁the ▁meg al ith ic ▁( I ron ▁Age ) ▁and ▁Early ▁historic , ▁and ▁subsequent ▁periods ▁are ▁found ▁pre domin antly ▁in ▁surrounding ▁pen ep lain . ▁ ▁Of ▁the ▁many ▁sites ▁here , ▁the ▁largest ▁is ▁located ▁on ▁the ▁biggest ▁and ▁northern most ▁of ▁the ▁gran it ic ▁hills . ▁It ▁was ▁called ▁Pe ac ock ▁Hill ▁by ▁the ▁British ▁during ▁the ▁colonial ▁period ▁and ▁was ▁sometimes ▁referred ▁to ▁as ▁such ▁in ▁early ▁literature . ▁Loc als , ▁generally ▁call ▁the ▁hill ▁H ire g ud da , ▁which ▁simply ▁means ▁' Big ▁Hill ' ▁in ▁the ▁local ▁K ann ada ▁language . ▁Most ▁arch ae ological ▁literature , ▁however , ▁refers ▁to ▁the ▁hill ▁as ▁K up gal ▁hill , ▁after ▁a ▁neighbour ing ▁village ▁( though ▁the ▁nearest ▁village ▁is ▁Si riv aram ). ▁Rec ent ▁arch ae ological ▁research ▁has ▁dated ▁the ▁main ▁period ▁of ▁Ne ol ith ic ▁occupation ▁on ▁this ▁hill ▁top ▁between ▁ 4 0 0 0 ▁and ▁ 3 3 0 0 ▁years ▁ago ▁▁ ▁K up gal ▁hill ▁is ▁a ▁fairly ▁large ▁gran it ic ▁hill ▁with ▁several