Moatland
Motte (Medieval)
Site Name Moatland
Classification Motte (Medieval)
Canmore ID 65083
Site Number NX88NE 5
NGR NX 8641 8567
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Glencairn
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Nithsdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NX88NE 5 8641 8567.
(NX 8641 8567) Mote (NR)
OS 6" map (1957)
A natural hillock which has been converted into a motte by excavating a ditch around it, except on the E where the ground is low and wet. In the W, the ditch, which has a slight mound on its counterscarp, is 34' wide and 8' deep, decreasing to 22' wide on the S. The flat summit of the hillock is 34' broad, with a shoulder c 100' long. It belonged to a branch of the Cunninghams, relatives of the Earls of Glencairn.
RCAHMS 1920, visited 1912; R W Feachem 1956; J Gladstone 1951
A probable motte, generally as described.In profile the highest point of the mound on the N bears a superficial resemblance to an artificially constructed motte but on examination only the ditch is artificial. A causeway across the ditch in the N appears to be modern.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (BS) 4 June 1975
