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Law Mount, High Castleton

Motte and Bailey (medieval)(possible), Mound (period Unassigned)

What is recorded here

Law Mount, High Castleton is a possible medieval motte and bailey hidden among ordinary ground in East Ayrshire. Whether it is a discarded castle hill or a natural mound, the land still carries the shape of human ambition. Walk past it and you may never know which, but the uncertainty makes the mount more interesting than a confirmed fact.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Law Mount, High Castleton as Motte and Bailey (medieval)(possible), Mound (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.

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