Little Richorn
Motte (Medieval)
Site Name Little Richorn
Classification Motte (Medieval)
Canmore ID 64882
Site Number NX85NW 2
NGR NX 8352 5960
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/64882
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Urr
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Stewartry
- Former County Kirkcudbrightshire
NX85NW 2 8352 5960.
(NX 8352 5960) Mote (NR)
OS 6" map (1957)
Earthwork (R W Feachem 1956). Little Richorn. A mound, measuring 150ft N to S x 175ft transversely, which abuts on the River Urr to the west and is surrounded on the other three sides by a ditch 40 to 50ft wide. Excavation in 1891 revealed the basal course of a wall of roughly hewn granite blocks skirting the top from near the SW corner to the middle of the east side and for 44ft at the NW corner.
F R Coles 1893; RCAHMS 1914
This is a motte. No trace of the wall found in 1891 can now be seen
Resurveyed at 1/2500
Visited by OS (RD) 16 December 1969.
