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Lambhill Motte

Archaeology

The site of a possible medieval motte or castle mound.  It survives as an earthwork situated on a natural knoll raised above the southern terminal of a low ridge which extends to the northwest. 


To the northwest the knoll has been protected by a bank with an outer height of 0.8 metres and an inner height of 0.6 metres which extends down its southwest side in diminishing strength. It has an outer ditch, 2.5 metres wide, with an average depth of 0.3 metres, on the northwest side only. Elsewhere the steep sides of the knoll, which is possibly scarped, serves as its only defence. 


The flat top has a diameter of 10.0 metres. In the southeast the lower slopes have been mutilated by a modern hedge bank. There is no trace of an entrance or a bailey and the earthwork is heavily covered with fern. The interior appears rather uneven possibly caused by low footings.

Lambhill, Kirk Bride

Connections

Book Chapters

  • Parish: Bride
  • Sheading: Ayre
  • Grid Ref: NX4530000780

Sources

  • Isle of Man Heritage Environment Record
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