Newton
Cist (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Newton
Classification Cist (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Yowlie Burn
Canmore ID 19663
Site Number NJ82NW 35
NGR NJ 8375 2711
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/19663
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Bourtie
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ82NW 35 8375 2711.
(NJ 8375 2711) Cist found AD 1826 (NAT)
OS 6" map, (1959)
A cist, 4 ft x 20ins deep, containing a small quantity of ashes, was found in 1826.
Name Book 1867.
No further information.
Visited by OS (RL) 4 April 1972.
The indicated location is on a moderate NE-facing slope at an altitude of 135m OD.
NMRS, MS/712/80.
Nothing is visible of this cist, which was found in about 1826 in what is now a featureless cultivated field about 280m ENE of Newton steading (NJ82NW 180).
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS), 14 April 1999.
