Mote of Mark - plan and section
SC 346909
Description Mote of Mark - plan and section
Catalogue Number SC 346909
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of D 15335
Scope and Content Fort, Mote of Mark, Dumfries and Galloway Mote of Mark is on a hill overlooking the Urr estuary. It is named after Mark, King of Dumnonia. Legend says he was the third party in the tragic romance of Tristan and Isolda. The site was excavated in 1913 and 1973. The finds are in the RMS. The remains of the defensive wall are now little more than a stone bank. It was originally laced with timber and has two entrances in the S and NW sides. The central hollow was the main area of occupation. Though excavations did not prove any link between the site and the legend, they did place the fort in the same period. The site was occupied in the 5th and 6th centuries. The walls were vitrified during its destruction in the 7th century by the Angles. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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