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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 699964
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/699964
NS19NW 1 1026 9997
NN 099 012. [This NGR is presumed to be incorrect] Motte: Approximately 1/2 mile from the old village, and beside the A815 road, there is a square mound 15' high, with the traceable remains of a ditch to the E and S. The top is flat and measures 78' N-S by 77' transversely. There are overgrown foundations of a long building along its S side, measuring 59' by 29' overall. In size and form it resembles the motte called Sir John de Graham's castle (NS68NE 1) near Fintry.
There appears to be no early record of a feudal grant in the area; the lands were occupied by the MacArthur Campbell family from at least the first half of the 14th century.
J Kirby and H B Millar 1966.
NS 1026 9997: The motte is as described. It is also similar in shape and construction to NS08NW 2.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (DWR) 28 February 1973.
