What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Steinhead 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
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Isle of WhithornEnclosure (period Unassigned) · 570 yd
Isle of Whithorn, Isle FarmFarmhouse (period Unassigned), Farmstead (period Unassigned) · 717 yd
Isle of Whithorn, Main Street, Isle Parish ChurchChurch (19th Century), War Memorial(s) (20th Century) · 1135 yd
Isle of Whithorn CastleTower House (medieval) · 1148 yd
Solway Harvester Memorial BenchMemorial · 1270 yd
War MemorialMemorial · 1307 yd
Beetle pontoonWreck · 1342 yd
Cambridge: Portyerrock Bay, Wigtown Bay, Solway FirthBrig (19th Century) · 1653 yd
CutreochCastle (medieval)(possible) · 1.4 mi
Burrow HeidHeadland · 2.6 mi
Bog PlantationWood · 3.1 miOther information
Photo: Richard Law · CC BY-SA 2.0