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Note
Date 15 August 2014 - 8 September 2016
Event ID 1044795
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Note
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1044795
A small fortification is situated on Mote Hill, which forms the northern most tip of the crags of Gowan Hill to the NE of Stirling Castle. Heavily mutilated, the full extent and history of fortification here is unknown, but excavations by Murray Cook 2013-14 have confirmed the presence of a burnt rampart, which was first identified in 1794 (Randall 1794,19), with a radiocarbon date for its destruction in the early centuries AD. While the size of the fortification has yet to be established, it presumably took in at least the area of the irregular summit, which measures about 27m from N to S by 18m transversely.
Information from An Atlas of Hillforts of Great Britain and Ireland – 08 September 2016. Atlas of Hillforts SC1512
