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Newton Of Lewesk
Enclosure (Period Unassigned), Sunken Floored Building (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Newton Of Lewesk
Classification Enclosure (Period Unassigned), Sunken Floored Building (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 18113
Site Number NJ62NE 37
NGR NJ 69488 27912
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/18113
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Rayne
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ62NE 37 69488 27912
Rectilinear enclosure overlying enclosure.
NMRS, MS/712/17.
[Cited by AAS as being in Chapel of Garioch parish]. Air photography has recorded the cropmarks a rectilinear enclosure with two visible entrances at an altitude of about 110m OD. (Air photographic imagery listed).
Information from Aberdeenshire Archaeological Service, June 1997.
NMRS, MS/712/19.
Air photography (RCAHMSAP 1976, AAS 1978 and RCAHMSAP 1982) has revealed the cropmarks of a rectangular enclosure 100m ESE of Newton of Lewesk steading (NJ62NE 89). It measures about 80m from ENE to WSW by 60m transversely within a ditch about 2m in breadth. There are opposed entrances midway along the NNW and SSE sides. Apart from the markings of broadly spaced furrows cutting across the enclosure from NNW to SSE, the interior is featureless. A roughly rectangular macula, measuring 10m from ENE to WSW by 6m transversely, is visible on the photograph about 40m WSW of the enclosure.
Information from RCAHMS (SPH), 28 February 2001.
Scheduled as 'Newton of Lewesk, [rectilinear] enclosure 165m ESE of...'
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 7 February 2008.
Project (April 2006 - October 2006)
The proposed underground cable runs from N of Kirkton Farm, Colpy, AB52 6XD to Blackhall Road (adjacent to Westburn Gardens), Inverurie, AB51 5SN. The National Grid Reference of the NW end is NJ64961 33749 and the SE end is NJ75620 21721. The proposed cable is in Culsalmond Parish (NW end) and Inverurie (SE end). The height is 245-250m OD (NW end) and 95-100m (SE end). 1.2 The work was commissioned by Gordon McConachie, CKD Galbraith LLP for SSE. All the archaeological work will be carried out in the context of Scottish Planning Policy (SPP) Planning Advice Note (PAN 2/2011) and Scottish Historic Environment Scotland’s Policy Statement (HESPS), which state that archaeological remains should be regarded as part of the environment to be protected and managed.
Following a Desk-Based Assessment, a walkover of the entire length of the cable trench, carried out 30 April - 5 May 2016, revealed no new sites on the route but a number of Scheduled Monuments and archaeological and historical sites have been identified on the route and a watching brief was required in six areas. Six trenches were monitored between 14 June and 26 September 2016. At least two and possibly four prehistoric ring ditches with associated pottery were identified in two trenches and these were retained in situ and a clear path identified in each case for the cable trench. The base of a possible rock-cut ditch was uncovered at Durno and this was recorded, sampled and backfilled. At this area of the Roman camp the cropmark is not visible as the underlying geology is bedrock.
One ring ditch was found at the N end of the pipeline associated with prehistoric pottery and one definite and two potential ring ditches at Glenniston. In the road within Logie Durno Roman Camp, the base of a possible ditch was identified in an area where the cropmark is not visible as the underlying geology is bedrock. The watching briefs are now complete and the cabling being laid. A Post-Excavation Research Design (PERD) will now be prepared for the post-excavation works required.
