Archaeology Notes

Event ID 725846

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NX65SE 40 6831 5109

(NX 6831 5109) Moat Brae (NR)

OS 6" map (1854)

Moat Brae: An elliptical mound, about 12ft high on its N and W sides, said to have been the burial gorund of the old parish church.

Name Book 1850

The citadel of Kirkcudbright Mote, the fore-runner of the early 13th century castle (NX65SE 26), probably stood at the highest point in the High Street. Plans indicate that the Mote, elliptical in form NE to SW, extend well past MacLellan's Castle (NX65SE 28). Buildings occupy the north glacis.

J Robison 1926

Mote Brae is as described by ONB. It is known by that name locally. Its present limits are as shown on OS 25".

Visited by OS (EGC) 5 March 1965