Archaeology Notes

Event ID 686511

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NO26SW 2 2305 6019.

(NO 2305 6019) Newton on site of Castle (NR)

OS 6" map, (1927)

Only the foundations of Newton castle remain. It was destroyed by the Earl of Argyll in 1641.

G Cumming 1843.

Vestiges of Newton Castle exist.

NSA 1845.

No remains of Newton Castle exist, but about a year ago a portion of the wall, c. 5' thick, was standing in the old farmhouse.

Name Book 1862.