Little is know about the motte named Coney Hill, however it may have been the early seat of the lands of Aberlednock.

The name Coney Hill is thought to mean “rabbit hill” and so is unlikely to be the original name. Given that it is the only known motte in the immediate area it may in fact have been named Aberlednock.

Aberlednock was one of the five constituent parts of the old estate of Monzievaird along with Fordie, Clathick, Ochtertyre and Monzievaird itself. The name means “confluence of the River Lednock” and the lands presumably stretched to where the River Lednock flows into the River Earn .

Coney Hill motte stands on the banks of the River Lednock around 350 metres up stream of where it flows into the River Earn. It stands on raised ground, separated from a ridge to the north-west by a dry ditch which now measures around 8.0m wide by around 2.0m deep. The motte measures around 8.0m in height and is constructed from natural earth and stone. The flattened summit is roughly oval in shape and measures around 36.0m east to west by around 22.0m north to south.

Pont’s late 16th century map of Strathearn shows a large castle to the east of a river or burn to the east of Comrie, with the name Abyr-Lednaigs or AbyrLednaigs spanning several buildings, which may represent a castle that replaced the motte.