Moth of Mark
The moth of Mark ( English Mote of Mark ) is a moth (tower hill castle) near the Rough Firth in the coastal town of Rockcliffe, at Dalbeattie ( Scottish Gaelic Dail Bheithe - German "Birkental" ) in Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland .
The low hill offers hardly any natural conditions for an effective defense, it is only steep and rocky on the west side. The place of the moth seems to have been fortified with a palisade that was on one or two stone walls three meters thick. Inside the moth there was a wooden hall, stables and workshops. The wall caught fire in the 7th century. After the wall was repaired, the moth remained functional.
The excavations of 1913 inside, in addition to foundations for foundries, also brought metal and ceramic goods imported from Germany and France, as would be expected in a residence.
Nearby is the Urr moth .
literature
- Frederick Rhenius Coles: The motes, forts, and doons in the east and west divisions of the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright , Proc Soc Antiq Scot, Vol. 27, 1892-3. P. 102
Web links
- Description Engl. and picture
- Entry on Mark's Moth in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 54 ° 52 ′ 3.2 ″ N , 3 ° 48 ′ 5.9 ″ W.