Kirk Burn
Motte (Medieval)
Site Name Kirk Burn
Classification Motte (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Greenlees Cottage
Canmore ID 44898
Site Number NS65NW 13
NGR NS 6386 5846
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/44898
- Council South Lanarkshire
- Parish Cambuslang (East Kilbride)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District East Kilbride
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS65NW 13 6386 5846.
(NS 6386 5847) Motte (NR)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1976)
This motte is situated in a small wood SE of Greenlees Cottages. It now appears as a detached, round, flat-topped mound, 49' in diameter on the summit, and 120' diameter at the base. There is a shoulder, and a road winding up to the summit. On the E it slopes steeply to the burn; there are ditches on S and N, but no evidence of such on the W, where it is 8' high.
J A Wilson 1929.
This motte, as described above, defended by a ditch and a natural stream gully, is highest on the E and N, where it is 8.3m above the surrounding land. The projecting shoulder on the N slopes gently in that direction. Its summit diameter is 8.3m.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (J L D) 14 August 1953.
