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Glenroan Mote, also known as Glengappock Mote, is an Iron Age fort situated in Kirkcudbrightshire, south-western Scotland. The fort occupies a naturally commanding position on Gala Group wacke bedrock, a fine-grained sedimentary stone formed during the Telychian period of the Silurian era. This geology provided the inhabitants with substantial building material from the underlying rock and would have influenced the fort's construction methods and defences.
The site represents a characteristic Iron Age settlement type for the region, where communities established fortified positions to control territory and defend against rival groups. The choice of location on wacke bedrock, combined with the surrounding topography of Kirkcudbrightshire, would have offered natural advantages for defence and visibility across the landscape.
Glenroan Mote is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1072, reflecting its significance to Scotland's archaeological heritage. The fort contributes to our understanding of Iron Age settlement patterns and defensive strategies in south-western Scotland, a period spanning roughly 800 BC to the Roman occupation of Britain.
Glenroan (or Glengappock) Mote,fort is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1072. View the official record →
Glenroan Mote, also known as Glengappock Mote, is an Iron Age fort situated in Kirkcudbrightshire, south-western Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1072.
Glenroan (or Glengappock) Mote,fort dates from the iron age period, and is classified as a fort. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Glenroan (or Glengappock) Mote,fort 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 SM1072.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Trowdale,fort (1.7 km), Auld Kirk of Lochroan,fort (1.7 km), Erncrogo Loch, fish ponds 400m S of Erncrogo (2.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Glenroan (or Glengappock) Mote,fort'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.
Glenroan (or Glengappock) Mote,fort stands on Gala Group, bedrock that formed in the Telychian. The rock here is wacke.