Druchtag Motte

Climb the steep bank of this fine motte, which was home to a feudal lord 900 years ago.

Scotland’s earliest castles were mottes: they were common in the 1100s and 1200s, before they were replaced by stone castles. Mottes are fortifications, usually consisting of a wooden keep on top of an artificial earthwork mound. Some also had an enclosed courtyard or bailey, containing additional wooden buildings, protected by a ditch and palisade.