Archaeology Notes

Event ID 713057

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NT17NW 23 1185 7676.

(NT 1885 7676) Site of Moat (NR)

OS 6" map (1856)

An ancient moat stood on the SW side of the small knowe called 'Moat Knowe'. It was removed about 1825 by the proprietor of Dundas Castle, who pointed out its site to the field surveyor in 1855. (A circle of pecks c.12.0m in diameter is depicted on OS 6" plan).

Name Book 1855

The site of this alleged moat is occupied by ornamental gardens, and no trace of it remains.

Visited by OS (BS) 14 August 1974