Mote Hill, dun site
Mote Hill, dun site is an archaeological site in Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland. Mote Hill, dun site is situated nearby to the peak Ranachan Hill, as well as near A‘ Chruach.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Campbeltown Airport and Aucha Lochy.
Campbeltown Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Patrick Mackie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Campbeltown Airport is located at Machrihanish, 3 nautical miles west of Campbeltown, near the tip of the Kintyre peninsula in Argyll and Bute on the west coast of Scotland.
Aucha Lochy
Reservoir
Photo: Johnny Durnan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
National grid reference NR72532231 Aucha Lochy is an impounding reservoir, situated 1 km to the north/north east of Campbeltown and is the main source of freshwater for the town. Aucha Lochy is situated 2 miles east of Mote Hill, dun site.
Skeroblin Loch
Lake
Photo: Steve Partridge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Skeroblin Loch is a lake, which is situated 2 miles north of Mote Hill, dun site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kilchenzie and Campbeltown.
Kilchenzie
Village
Kilchenzie is a small farming community situated 5 miles northwest of Campbeltown on the Kintyre peninsula in Argyll, Scotland. It is reached from north and south by the A83 road. In 1961 it had a population of 69.
Campbeltown
Photo: RobChafer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Campbeltown is a town near the south tip of Kintyre, the long narrow peninsula of Argyll in the west of Scotland. It's only 60 mi from Glasgow as the crow flies, but 135 mi by road winding around the many lochs and mountain ranges.
Bellochantuy
Hamlet
Photo: paul birrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bellochantuy is a small coastal hamlet located on the A83 in Argyll and Bute, west of Scotland, on the Kintyre Peninsula, around 10 miles north of Campbeltown, Scotland. Bellochantuy is situated 6 miles north of Mote Hill, dun site.
Mote Hill, dun site
- Type: Archaeological site
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.45054° or 55° 27′ 2″ northLongitude
-5.64929° or 5° 38′ 57″ westOpen location code
9C7PF922+67OpenStreetMap ID
way 1394493637OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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