What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Cairnhead Mote as Promontory Fort (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
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Places near here
Beetle pontoonWreck · 328 yd
Mulberry Harbour 'beetle': Cairnhead Bay, Rigg Bay, Wigtown Bay, Solway FirthPontoon (second World War) · 346 yd
Cambridge: Portyerrock Bay, Wigtown Bay, Solway FirthBrig (19th Century) · 766 yd
Isle FarmCropmark(s) (period Unknown) · 1044 yd
Isle of Whithorn, Isle FarmFarmhouse (period Unassigned), Farmstead (period Unassigned) · 1048 yd
StannockFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 1496 yd
Isle of Whithorn CastleTower House (medieval) · 1.2 mi
War MemorialMemorial · 1.2 mi
Solway Harvester Memorial BenchMemorial · 1.4 mi
CutreochCastle (medieval)(possible) · 1.9 mi
Burrow HeidHeadland · 3.1 mi
Bog PlantationWood · 3.2 miOther information
Photo: Richard Law · CC BY-SA 2.0