Towie Castle
Cairn (17th Century), Covenanters Grave (17th Century)(Possible)
Site Name Towie Castle
Classification Cairn (17th Century), Covenanters Grave (17th Century)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Towie
Canmore ID 17154
Site Number NJ41SW 22
NGR NJ 44 12
NGR Description NJ c. 44 12
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/17154
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Towie
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ41SW 22 c. 44 12.
A small cairn in a field near Towie Castle formerly marked the burial place of David Prat, a covenanter, shot in 1639. It had disappeared before 1887 when the governors of Gordon's Hospital declined to erect a headstone to mark the spot, as requested by Milne.
J Milne 1897
No further information.
Visited by OS (R L) 28 August 1968.
(Name cited as Towie).
NMRS, MS/712/46.
