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Ingleston Mote

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Fort (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Ingleston Mote

Classification Fort (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 65637

Site Number NX97NW 1

NGR NX 91256 78832

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Dumfries And Galloway
  • Parish Kirkpatrick Irongray
  • Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
  • Former District Nithsdale
  • Former County Kirkcudbrightshire

Archaeology Notes

NX97NW 1 9124 7883.

(NX 9124 7883) Ingleston Mote (NR)

OS 6" map (1910)

The site of this fort is marked by faint circular double ramparts and a ditch surrounding the crest of a ridge.

The circumference of the inner rampart is 528 feet, that of the outer about 720 feet.

F R Coles 1893

The defences of this fort appear to have consisted of a single encircling stony rampart with, towards the south-east where the ridge is crossed, an outer trench of which there is a trace. A break in the rampart near the steep wooded slope and facing east indicates the position of the entrance.

RCAHMS 1914

The remains of this fort are now much reduced. The fort appears to have consisted of two circular ramparts now reduced to scarps except at the entrance in the East side. There was possible a ditch between the ramparts, but only a terrace effect remains. The outer rampart on the north side runs along the top of steep north facing slopes and it is probable that the lower scarp shown on OS 25" is natural.

Revised at 1/2500.

Visited by OS (WDJ) 30 June 1964

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Note (20 December 2013 - 4 August 2016)

Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland

Situated on the summit of a spur behind Ingleston steading, this fort has been heavily ploughed down and its ramparts have been reduced to little more than two scarps. Roughly circular on plan, it measures about 54m in internal diameter (0.23ha) and the entrance is on the ESE, which is also the only part of the circuit where the inner rampart still forms a bank. Cropmarks on oblique aerial photographs reveal that each rampart was accompanied by an external ditch.

Information from An Atlas of Hillforts of Great Britain and Ireland – 04 August 2016. Atlas of Hillforts SC0329

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