[1014] This list is mainly compiled from Chalmers’ Caledonia, vol. i., book iv., ch. i. The letter C. refers to Dr Christison’s Early Fortifications in Scotland; N., to Mr Neilson’s paper in the Scottish Review, 1898; O.M., to the 25-inch Ordnance Map; G., to the Gazetteer of Scotland. It is a matter of great regret to the writer that she has been unable to do any personal visitation of the Scottish castles, except in the cases of Roxburgh and Jedburgh. It is therefore impossible to be absolutely certain that all the hillocks mentioned in this list are true mottes, or whether all of them still exist.
[1015] Registrum Magni Sigilli, quoted by Christison, p. 19.
[1016] A plan is given by Mr Coles in “the Motes, Forts, and Doons of Kirkcudbright.” Soc. Ant. Scot., 1891-1892.
[1017] M‘Ferlie, Lands and Their Owners in Galloway, ii., 47.
[1018] This description, taken from the Gazetteer, seems clear, but Mr Neilson tells me the site is more probably Woody Castle, which is styled a manor in the 15th century. The N. S. A. says: “There is the site of an ancient castle close to the town, on a mound of considerable height, called the Castle Hill, which is surrounded by a deep moat.” “Dumfries,” p. 383.
[1019] Annals, ii., 196, cited in Douglas’s History of the Border Counties, 173.
[1020] Round, in The Ancestor, 10, 108.
[1021] Dr Christison distinctly marks one on his map, but Mr Coles says there is no trace of one, though the name Marl Mount is preserved. Soc. Ant. Scot., 1892, p. 108.
[1022] See the Aberdeen volume, p. 1092.
[1023] See Grose’s picture, which is confirmed by Dr Ross.