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Knock Of Alves, York Tower
Tower (19th Century) (1827)
Site Name Knock Of Alves, York Tower
Classification Tower (19th Century) (1827)
Alternative Name(s) Ardgye; Newton
Canmore ID 128865
Site Number NJ16SE 39
NGR NJ 16322 62962
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/128865
- Council Moray
- Parish Alves
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Morayshire
NJ16SE 39 16322 62962
Tomb [NAT]
York Tower [NAT]
OS 1:10,560 map, 1970.
For surrounding fort and discovery of window-glass in 1997 excavations, see NJ16SE 11.
Air photographs: AAS/97/06/G10/5-6 and AAS/97/06/CT.
NMRS, MS/712/29.
This is an octagonal tower, about fifty feet high, erected 1827 on the highest point of the Knock of Alves, by one of the late proprietors of the estate of Newton.
OS Name Book 1868-71
