Mote Hill, palisaded settlement and cairn
Mote Hill, palisaded settlement and cairn is an archaeological site in Aberdeen, Scotland. Mote Hill, palisaded settlement and cairn is situated nearby to Scottish Meadow, as well as near Cathedral Church of St Machar.Photo: Watty62, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: mound in Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Mote Hill” and “Motte of Tillydrone”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cathedral Church of St Machar and Seaton Park.
Cathedral Church of St Machar
Church
Photo: PaulT, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St Machar's Cathedral is a Church of Scotland church in Aberdeen, Scotland, located to the north of the city centre, in the former burgh of Old Aberdeen. Cathedral Church of St Machar is situated 850 feet east of Mote Hill, palisaded settlement and cairn.
Seaton Park
Park
Photo: Colin Walker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Seaton Park is a public park in the Old Aberdeen area of Aberdeen, Scotland. One of the city's biggest parks, it was bought by the city for use as a public park in 1947 from Major Malcolm Vivian Hay, a cryptographer during the First World War and a historian of Catholic and Jewish history. Seaton Park is situated 1,400 feet northeast of Mote Hill, palisaded settlement and cairn.
King’s Museum
Museum
Photo: Martyn Gorman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
King's Museum was a small university museum operated by the University of Aberdeen and located in the Old Town House in Old Aberdeen, Scotland. King’s Museum is situated 1,500 feet southeast of Mote Hill, palisaded settlement and cairn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tillydrone and Old Aberdeen.
Tillydrone
Suburb
Tillydrone is an area of Aberdeen, Scotland. Lying north of the city centre and slightly north-west of Old Aberdeen, it is roughly bounded by the River Don, St Machar Drive, and the main Aberdeen-Inverness railway line.
Old Aberdeen
Suburb
Old Aberdeen is part of Aberdeen in Scotland. Old Aberdeen was originally a separate burgh, which was erected into a burgh of barony on 26 December 1489.
Donside Village
Neighborhood
Donside Village is a neighbourhood of Tillydrone in Aberdeen, Scotland.
Mote Hill, palisaded settlement and cairn
- Categories: mound, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
57.17063° or 57° 10′ 14″ northLongitude
-2.10638° or 2° 6′ 23″ westOpen location code
9C9V5VCV+7COpenStreetMap ID
way 640046391OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q56662674
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