Mote Hill: eastern side of the ancient fort

Image: © Lairich Rig Taken: 25 Aug 2018

This is the eastern side of the summit of Mote Hill. The faint outline of a fort can be discerned along the eastern, southern and western edges of the summit, though it is often hard to see because of the vegetation. The present view is from beside two cannons that are set on the summit (Image); I have included the bench in the picture as a readily identifiable point of reference. The wall of the fort begins by receding directly from view; in the background, it gradually curves away to the right. Beginning just behind the bench, and then heading left, down the slope, is a sort of groove, which perhaps corresponds to the original entrance of the fort: see the Canmore link in the end-note for further details. For a view in the opposite direction over this feature, see Image See Image for other possible traces of the fort's wall, on the opposite side of the summit. On this occasion, the southern side of the summit was too overgrown to allow anything useful to be shown in a photograph, and the northern side was even more so.

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