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Rothiemurchus Doune
Motte (Medieval)(Possible)
Site Name Rothiemurchus Doune
Classification Motte (Medieval)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Doune Of Rothiemurchus
Canmore ID 77384
Site Number NH90NW 3
NGR NH 925 067
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/77384
- Council Highland
- Parish Duthil And Rothiemurchus
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Badenoch And Strathspey
- Former County Inverness-shire
NH90NW 3 925 067
See also NH80NE 33.
Motte formed by scarring an esker. Doune placename indicates a possible earlier origin; and the ditch and causeway may be Iron Age or Pictish. The summit may have been landscaped in the 19th century.
The motte guards a crossing of the Spey on a major North-South route, and is historically associated with the Comyns family.
Information from Mr P A Yeoman, 20 January 1992.
The above description places the motte close to the River Spey at Doune but the NGR cited in Scottish Archaeological Review (1983) places the site on a barren N-facing hillside about 5Km to the E. The fort described by T C Welsh at NH 8862 0985 (NH80NE 33) may be the site described by Yeoman.
Information from RCAHMS (AKK and PM) 15 July 1996.
