Mote Knowe
Fort (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Site Name Mote Knowe
Classification Fort (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Canmore ID 60937
Site Number NX08SE 11
NGR NX 097 822
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/60937
- Council South Ayrshire
- Parish Ballantrae (Kyle And Carrick)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Kyle And Carrick
- Former County Ayrshire
NX08SE 11 097 822.
(Area NX 097 822) A fort is said to have occupied the summit of Moat or Moot Knowe (Name: NX 097 822), which is a small round elevated knoll, but no reliable information regarding it can be found.
Name Book 1856
A knoll with a small horse-shoe ridge round a hollow. Possibly the site of a cairn.
A F Gray 1956
'Mote Knowe' forms an outcrop on the edge of a west-facing spur at about 150 feet OD. The outcrop and vicinity show no trace of antiquity. There is evidence of small-scale quarrying, the dumped spoil giving the impression of a 'U' shaped rubble and earth bank. A shallow rectangular depression in grass, about 3m by 4m, probably indicates a former wooden structure, which from its position was almost certainly connected with the quarrying operations.
There is no local knowledge of a fortification or cairn on this knoll, and the location is unsuitable for defence with easy approaches from the E and S.
Visited by OS (JRL) 11 March 1977
