Blair Drummond, Motte
Motte (Medieval), Obelisk (Modern)
Site Name Blair Drummond, Motte
Classification Motte (Medieval), Obelisk (Modern)
Alternative Name(s) Old Farm
Canmore ID 46063
Site Number NS79NW 18
NGR NS 72486 98673
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Stirling
- Parish Kincardine (Stirling)
- Former Region Central
- Former District Stirling
- Former County Perthshire
NS79NW 18 7248 9866.
(NS 7258 9866) Mote (NR)
OS 6" map (1958)
A castle mound. Very big. Surrounding ditch broken where crossed by path on SW.
OS 6" map annotated by O G S Crawford 9 June 1937.
A steep-sided motte between 4.0m and 8.0m high (its level top measuring c.17.0m by 21.0m), surrounded by a ditch c.2.0m wide, with traces of a bank, 0.5m high, on the counterscarp on the N side.
The top and sides are covered by vegetation and fallen trees, and a modern obelisk and ornamental garden, now overgrown, further obscure the summit. No building foundations can be seen.
Revised at 25".
Visited by OS (WDJ) 1 November 1968.
Field Visit (July 1978)
Blair Drummond NS 724 986 NS79NW 18
This motte stands to a maximum height of 12m. It is bounded on three sides by a ditch 6m wide, but on the S side the ground drops steeply away. The summit of the motte, which has been mutilated by the construction of an obelisk, measures 17m by 21m.
RCAHMS 1979, visited July 1978