Monument record MHG3784 - Holm House

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Location

Grid reference Centred NH 6534 4199 (106m by 57m)
Map sheet NH64SE
Old County INVERNESS-SHIRE
Civil Parish INVERNESS AND BONA
Geographical Area INVERNESS

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NH64SE 29 6535 4200.

There is a moot hill near Holm farm, near Inverness.
ISSFC 1885.

NH 6535 4200. Situated on the edge of an escarpment, 150m SE of Holm Mains, are the mutilated remains of a motte. A deep ditch 8.0m wide
can be traced round the east and south sides of it. On the north, mound and ditch have been erased by cultivation. The west side of the mound has been considerably destroyed by erosion, but there seems to have been a short terrace before the drop to the burn on the NW side.
The motte is 5.0m high above the ditch on the south and east - reducing to 1.2m on the west above the terrace. There is a rampart on the counterscarp of the ditch. The mutilated top of the motte measures 14.0.m N-S and there is a slight earth-covered wall, or rampart, 0.2m high on edge of the east side of the summit.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (J L D) 27 March 1962.

Sources/Archives (13)

  • --- Text/Publication/Article: Yeoman, P A. 1988. 'Mottes in Northeast Scotland', Scot Archaeol Rev Vol. 5 1988, p.125-33. Scot Archaeol Rev. 125-33. 131, 132, no. 77.
  • --- Image/Photograph(s): Holm House Motte.. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
  • --- Text/Publication/Article: ISSFC. 1885. 'Visit to the Holm Burn', Trans Inverness Sci Soc Fld Club Vol. 1 1875-80, p.83-9. Trans Inverness Sci Soc Fld Club. 83-9. 84-5.
  • --- Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1979. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. The archaeological sites and monuments of North-east Inverness, Inverness District, Highland Region. . 25, No. 190.
  • --- Text/Publication/Article: Meldrum, E. 1975. Medieval castles and towerhouses. SHG2345. 141-52. 144.
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Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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