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Droughdool Mote is a ritual mound located in Wigtownshire, south-western Scotland. The monument survives as an earthwork of archaeological significance, though detailed scholarly documentation specific to this site remains limited in the wider published record. Such mounds in the Scottish context often relate to prehistoric or early medieval ritual and ceremonial activity, though the precise chronology and function of this particular example would require specialist archaeological study to establish with certainty.
Droughdool Mote, ritual mound is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2016. View the official record →
Droughdool Mote is a ritual mound located in Wigtownshire, south-western Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2016.
Droughdool Mote, ritual mound is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM2016.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Unenclosed settlement, 1180m SE of Mark (3.2 km), Prehistoric settlements, Fox Plantation (3.3 km), Mark Cottage, palisaded enclosure 1010m SE of (3.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Droughdool Mote, ritual mound's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Droughdool Mote, ritual mound stands on Stewartry Group, bedrock that formed in the Early Permian. The rock here is sandstone, breccia and conglomerate.