Coulter Motte
Coulter Motte is a motte-and-bailey castle. Its address puts it 1.5 km southwest of Biggar. It is protected as a scheduled monument.
Castle near Biggar
Just outside Biggar
Coulter Motte is 1.5 km southwest of Biggar. Towns near it ↓
Cared for by Historic Environment Scotland
One of the places Historic Environment Scotland looks after; members usually get in free. About ↓
Scheduled monument
On the official list of protected heritage; Biggar has 100 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Picking your season
The warmest months in Biggar are July and August, with highs of 18–19°C.
Coulter Motte
Upkeep is seen to by Historic Environment Scotland. There are Wikipedia articles on it in 2 languages. Close by, Boghall Castle is 2.3 km away, one of 6 within 15 km.
- Type
- Castle
- Run by
- Historic Environment Scotland
- Listed
- Scheduled monument
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 2 languages
- Town
- 1.5 km southwest of Biggar
Coulter Motte and what surrounds it
Use the numbers to match each place near Coulter Motte with the list.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · NRS locality 2022
Towns near Coulter Motte
The towns whose pages list it: the one it is in, those within 5 km of it, then larger towns further out.
Biggar
Each has its own grades, prices and things to do.
Beyond Coulter Motte
Our list has 6 more within 15 km, among them 2 gardens, 2 museums and a castle.
CastleBoghall Castle2.3 km away2GardenGardenDawyck Botanic Garden Visitor Centre15 km away3
MuseumBiggar Gasworks Museum2.4 km away4GardenGardenLittle Sparta13 km away5
Historic houseCorehouse15 km away6MuseumMuseumBiggar and Upper Clydesdale Museum3 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Quick answers on Coulter Motte
Where is Coulter Motte?
Coulter Motte is 1.5 km southwest of Biggar, South Lanarkshire.
What is Coulter Motte?
Motte-and-bailey castle in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK.
Who runs Coulter Motte?
Historic Environment Scotland, so members usually get in free; check opening times before you go.
When is the best time to visit Coulter Motte?
July and August are the warmest months in Biggar, with afternoon highs of 18–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is Coulter Motte a listed building?
Yes: scheduled monument.
What else is there to see near Coulter Motte?
Within 15 km: Boghall Castle (2.3 km), Dawyck Botanic Garden Visitor Centre (15 km), Biggar Gasworks Museum (2.4 km) and Little Sparta (13 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the NRS 2022 locality (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (4)
- Coulter Motte: Colin Inverarity, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Boghall Castle: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Biggar Gasworks Museum: Jim Barton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Corehouse: Mrslippery at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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