Cumbernauld, 'the Mote'
Mound (19th Century)
Site Name Cumbernauld, 'the Mote'
Classification Mound (19th Century)
Canmore ID 45838
Site Number NS77NE 32
NGR NS 77506 76062
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/45838
- Council North Lanarkshire
- Parish Cumbernauld
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Cumbernauld And Kilsyth
- Former County Dunbartonshire
NS77NE 32 7748 7606.
(NS 7748 7606) The Mote (NAT)
OS 1:10000 map (1978)
The Mote was made about 30 or 40 years ago in honour of Lord Elphinstone going to be Governor of part of India.
Name Book 1860
Field Visit (February 1982)
The Mote, Cumbernauld House NS 774 760 NS77NE
This artificial mound (about 6m high) is situated 250m NE of Cumbernauld House. Its date and purpose are uncertain.
RCAHMS 1982, visited February 1982
(Millar 1980, 13, 48-9)
