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Moot Hill, Mains Of Ardiffery
Motte (Medieval)(Possible), Mound (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Moot Hill, Mains Of Ardiffery
Classification Motte (Medieval)(Possible), Mound (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Moat Hill
Canmore ID 20878
Site Number NK03NE 21
NGR NK 0615 3676
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/20878
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Cruden
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Banff And Buchan
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NK03NE 21 0615 3676.
(NK 0615 3676) Moat Hill (NR) (Site of).
OS 6" map, (1959).
An artificial mound used as an open-air seat of justice and removed when the land was reclaimed.
Name book 1868.
No trace.
Visited by OS (RL) 1 December 1972.
(Location cited as NK 061 363). Suggested motte.
P A Yeoman 1988.
