Boreland Mote
Motte (Medieval)
Site Name Boreland Mote
Classification Motte (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Boreland Of Parton
Canmore ID 64223
Site Number NX67SE 3
NGR NX 6939 7091
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/64223
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Parton
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Stewartry
- Former County Kirkcudbrightshire
NX67SE 3 6939 7091.
(NX 6939 7091) Boreland Mote (NR)
OS 6" map (1958)
A motte (R W Feachem 1956) formed from a natural rocky hillock situated in an angle of the Boreland Burn and defended by the burn on the North and East. A ditch with an external rampart around the base of the hillock defends the West and South approaches. The entrance is in the SE where the ditch stops short of the natural slopes at the edge of the burn (RCAHMS 1914, visited 1911).
Revised at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 8 December 1969