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Green Tower Motte
Motte (Medieval)
Site Name Green Tower Motte
Classification Motte (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Boreland Mote; Green Tower Mote; Boreland Of Anwoth
Canmore ID 63634
Site Number NX55NE 13
NGR NX 5847 5507
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/63634
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Anwoth
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Stewartry
- Former County Kirkcudbrightshire
NX55NE 13 5847 5507
(NX 5847 5507) Boreland or Green Tower Mote (NR)
OS 6" map (1957)
This motte lies with its main axis NNW-SSE, forming an oblong plateau c 367' long, divided into two c 84' from the S end by a shallow ditch 22' wide, the larger part having a uniform width of c 97', and the shorter drawing to a point in the S. Its greatest height, at the E, is 25', while at the NW extremity, the plateau has been isolated by a deep ditch 35' wide, and there are also traces of the ditch along the W side. There is no trace of any entrance.
In 1742 it is called the Green Tower Mote, "because there was sometime a great building of the name beside it".
F R Coles 1893; RCAHMS 1914, visited 1911; R W Feachem 1956.
A motte as described above. The name could not be confirmed locally.
Revised at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 9 July 1970.
Green Tower Mote [NAT]
OS (GIS) MasterMap, July 2009.
