Culdoach
Motte (Medieval)
Site Name Culdoach
Classification Motte (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Culdoach Farm
Canmore ID 64554
Site Number NX75SW 4
NGR NX 7062 5378
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/64554
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Kirkcudbright
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Stewartry
- Former County Kirkcudbrightshire
NX75SW 4 7062 5378.
(NX 7062 5378) Mote (NR)
OS 6" map (1957)
There is a small sub-oval motte beside Culdoach farm. Its summit measures 87' N-S by 48' transversely. Along the E side for 2/3 of its length from the S end there is a slight ridge with a right-angled return towards the centre, suggesting a foundation. At the base of the 8' high mound, towards the NW, there is the segment of a 17' wide ditch which has ended on the W a few feet short of the sloping side of the glen. It has been filled in where it existed on the N and NE. The ground is marshy to the S.
RCAHMS 1914, visited 1911; F R Coles 1891
A motte generally as described. No trace remains of the slight internal ridge on the E side, and on the E the ditch and outer scarp continuous on Coles plan, no longer survive, having been covered by a farm track.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (DWR) 15 February 1972.
