Rough Hill Motte
Rough Hill Motte is an archaeological site in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Rough Hill Motte is situated nearby to the forest Castleglen, as well as near the archaeological site Castleflat.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include National Museum of Rural Life and Hairmyres railway station.
National Museum of Rural Life
Park
Photo: Gordon McKinlay, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The National Museum of Rural Life, previously known as the Museum of Scottish Country Life, is based at Wester Kittochside farm, lying between East Kilbride in South Lanarkshire and Carmunnock in Glasgow. It is run by National Museums Scotland. National Museum of Rural Life is situated 2,500 feet north of Rough Hill Motte.
Hairmyres railway station
Railway station
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY 4.0.
Hairmyres railway station is a railway station between the Hairmyres and Peel Park areas of East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, Greater Glasgow, Scotland. Hairmyres railway station is situated 4,000 feet southwest of Rough Hill Motte.
Hairmyres Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
University Hospital Hairmyres is a district general hospital in the Hairmyres neighbourhood of East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The hospital serves one of the largest elderly populations in Scotland. It is managed by NHS Lanarkshire. Hairmyres Hospital is situated 1 mile south of Rough Hill Motte.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include College Milton and Stewartfield.
College Milton
Suburb
East Kilbride, often referred to as EK, is the largest town in South Lanarkshire in Scotland, and the country's sixth-largest locality by population. Historically a small village, it was designated Scotland's first "new town" on 6 May 1947, and thereafter widely expanded.
Stewartfield
Suburb
Stewartfield is an area of the Scottish new town East Kilbride, in South Lanarkshire. There are no schools in Stewartfield, although there are two primary schools nearby on its south-eastern edge.
Thorntonhall
Village
Photo: Stephen Sweeney, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Thorntonhall is an affluent village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, lying around 6 miles to the south of Glasgow, and around 2+1⁄2 miles west of East Kilbride.
Rough Hill Motte
- Type: Archaeological site
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.77148° or 55° 46′ 17″ northLongitude
-4.22085° or 4° 13′ 15″ westOpen location code
9C7QQQCH+HMOpenStreetMap ID
node 13673234999OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Castleglen and Castleflat.
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