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Sundrum

Motte (Medieval)(Possible)

Site Name Sundrum

Classification Motte (Medieval)(Possible)

Canmore ID 42758

Site Number NS42SW 13

NGR NS 4152 2144

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council South Ayrshire
  • Parish Coylton (South Ayrshire)
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Kyle And Carrick
  • Former County Ayrshire

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Field Visit (October 1995)

Sundrum NS 4152 2144 NS42SW 13

What may be a motte fashioned from a natural mound is situated on the edge of a steep river escarpment 470m' ENE of Sundrum Castle The mound stands to a height of 4m and its roughly circular level summit is 19m in diameter; there are traces of possible ditches at the base of the mound on the NW and SE.

RCAHMS 1985, visited (IMS) October 1985.

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