'Court Hillock', Kirriemuir
Mound (Period Unknown)
Site Name 'Court Hillock', Kirriemuir
Classification Mound (Period Unknown)
Canmore ID 32286
Site Number NO35SE 1
NGR NO 37983 54154
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/32286
- Council Angus
- Parish Kirriemuir
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Angus
- Former County Angus
NO35SE 1 3798 5415.
(NO 3798 5415) Court Hillock (NR)
OS 6" map, Forfarshire and Angus, 2nd ed., (1922)
The Court Hillock, called a 'mote' by Reid (1909), had been levelled by 1884. Warden (1880-5) states that it was apparently in use up to 1632.
A J Warden 1880-85; A Reid 1909.
This feature is a small rounded mound, c. 15.0m in diameter and 1.0m high. It is rather small for a motte, but is now too vague to determine its original character. There is no ditch around its base.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (JLD) 12 September 1958.
Note (1983)
Court Hillock, Kirriemuir NO 379 541 NO35SE
The Court Hillock is a mound about 15m in diameter and 1m in height; its date and purpose are unknown.
RCAHMS 1983.
(Stat Acct, xii (1794), 197; Name Book, Forfar, No. 59, p. 34b; Warden 1880-85, iv, 90).
