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Submitted by Anne T on Thursday, 27 July 2017  Page Views: 4498

Multi-periodSite Name: Hawick Mote Alternative Name: Hawick Motte; Hawick Moat Park; Siltrig Water
Country: Scotland County: Scottish Borders Type: Misc. Earthwork
Nearest Town: Hawick
Map Ref: NT4994314073
Latitude: 55.418001N  Longitude: 2.792305W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Anne T visited on 3rd Jun 2017 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 5 Hawick Motte/Mote, Scottish Borders: We arrived in Hawick, intending to buy a map, but the majority of the shops (apart from Dorothy Perkins, the bookmakers, charity shops and 1 café, were closed (looking at the opening times, they largely shut at 2pm on a Saturday. The town seemed deserted apart from a few tourists. We later found out that most local people had gathered near the community centre for the Riding of the Marches. We couldn’t get a map, so relied on Andrew’s phone with TrigPoint on it. We were on our way to Lord’s Tree Cairn, driving down a street called Loan, when we spotted The Mote, so screeched to a halt by the side of the road and went round to take a photograph. Quite extraordinary, The Mote is in the middle of a housing estate, with people’s washing hung up nearby. It rises steeply up out of the ground and there is a wooden staircase which takes you to the viewing point at the top. Andrew said it was only as large as our living room – no room for more than 12 people at most. Looking at this on UK Grid Reference Finder, it is located in Moat Park at the Southern end of the town. Plenty of dog walkers, all whom ignored me taking photographs.

Hawick Mote
Hawick Mote submitted by Anne T : The Mote from the south western side, which has a ladder leading to the top of the mote which has an interpretation board. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Misc. Earthwork in Scottish Borders

This site is recorded as Canmore ID 54150, which has a link to a publication account Event ID 1016141.

Finds date this site to the 12th century date, but it may possibly be of earlier construction, as it was granted to Richard Lovel of the Somersetshire Lovels in the time of William the Lion (King of Scotland, aka William I, reigned from 1165 to 1214), and may already have been extant.

Today, the motte/mote can be found off a road called 'Loan' leading south west out of Hawick, on the way to Lord's Tree Cairn (see nearby sites below). It is almost entirely surrounded by housing, and it's strange to see such an old site surrounded by cars and small blocks of flats. 'It is located about a quarter of a mile south west of the confluence of the two streams Teviot and Slitrig.'

The Canmore entry tells us that the motte is of truncated conical form, rising to a height of 7.6m with a diameter of 29.75 metres. There is a modern stair leading to the top of the motte, leading to an interpretation board.
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Hawick Mote
Hawick Mote submitted by Anne T : First view of Hawick Mote, situated in Moat Park, walking the short distance from the road called Loan. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
NT4914 : Hawick Motte by Walter Baxter
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©2008(licence)
NT4914 : The steps up Hawick Motte by Walter Baxter
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NT4914 : The Motte at Hawick by James Denham
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NT4914 : Replica siege engine, Hawick Motte by Jim Barton
by Jim Barton
©2013(licence)
NT4914 : Mock siege machine in Motte Park by Walter Baxter
by Walter Baxter
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