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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 716100
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/716100
NT36NW 43 3325 6973.
NT36NW 43.01 NT 32279 69748 Dovecot/Tower
(NT 3325 6973) Newton House dates from the late 17th century but has been considerably modernised. It appears to have been oblong on plan with a projection on the N side for a staircase, now represented by the upper part of the service stair. The basement is vaulted; the walling is of harled rubble.
East of the house and attached to it by a screen wall is a circular tower, apparently of 16th century date. The lower storey is vaulted and has a gun-loop opening to the S; the upper chamber is a dovecot, 9 3/4' in diameter within 3 1/2' thick walls.
RCAHMS 1929, visited 1927; A N Robertson 1945
Newton House and its associated tower are as described.
Visited by OS (BS) 31 October 1975
Site identified during an archaeological assessement carried out by CFA Archaeology Ltd.
Mhairi Hastie, 2006.
