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Keir, Mid Borland
Motte (Medieval)(Possible)
Site Name Keir, Mid Borland
Classification Motte (Medieval)(Possible)
Canmore ID 24405
Site Number NN60SW 4
NGR NN 6450 0036
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/24405
- Council Stirling
- Parish Port Of Menteith
- Former Region Central
- Former District Stirling
- Former County Perthshire
NN60SW 4 6450 0036.
(NN 6450 0036) Keir (NR).
OS 6" map, (1958)
This site ('Keir' is evidently a corruption of 'Caer' = fort) (Chalmers 1887-94), is apparently artificial, and features a bank without a ditch, a type of antiquity that Crawford tentatively suggests may be a broch, a theory, however, that is not to be fully accepted without further investigation (OS 6" map annotated by O G S Crawford, 9 June 1937). Chrystal (1903) also supports this suggestion. This particular example is oval in shape (See NN60SW 5 and NN60SE 8 for similar sites).
Name Book 1898; A Chalmers 1887-94; W Chrystal 1903.
The site is a partially tree-covered, natural knoll, mutilated by old quarries, on the flattish summit of which is a low, oval-shaped, earth and stone mound, c.22.0m NE/SW by 17.0m transversely and 0.5m high, badly mutilated by surface quarrying. Although the situation is a suitable one for a defensive work, such as a dun, no conclusions can be reached from field observations.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (E G C) 18 October 1968.
Field Visit (13 June 1957)
This site was included within the RCAHMS Marginal Land Survey (1950-1962), an unpublished rescue project. Site descriptions, organised by county, are available to view online - see the searchable PDF in 'Digital Items'. These vary from short notes, to lengthy and full descriptions. Contemporary plane-table surveys and inked drawings, where available, can be viewed online in most cases - see 'Digital Images'. The original typecripts, notebooks and drawings can also be viewed in the RCAHMS search room.
Information from RCAHMS (GFG) 19 July 2013.
Field Visit (August 1977)
'Keir', Mid Borland NN 645 003 NN60SW 4
There are no definite indications of artificial work on this mound, which has been mutilated by quarrying.
RCAHMS 1979, visited August 1977
(Name Book, Perthshire, no. 69, p. 80; Watson 1926, 371)
