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Newyearfield Farm
Tower House (Medieval)
Site Name Newyearfield Farm
Classification Tower House (Medieval)
Canmore ID 49078
Site Number NT06NW 2
NGR NT 042 683
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/49078
- Council West Lothian
- Parish Livingston
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District West Lothian
- Former County West Lothian
NT06NW 2 042 683.
Part of a square tower stood, until a few years ago, near Newyearfield farm house (NT 042 683). Traditionally, it was a royal hunting seat (OSA 1798). Mr J Orr, who worked on Newyearfield farm about 1790, stated that there was no tower existing then, only some very old walls, garden etc, and it was considered probable that the farmhouse was erected on the site of the old tower. This opinion was also given by the local minister.
Name Book 1856
No trace; no further information.
Visited by OS (JLD) 17 February 1953
NT 042 683 Monitoring of topsoil stripping in September 2003 in advance of the construction of a housing and business development revealed the foundations of a field wall and the remains of a farm building, connected to Newyearfield Farm. No traces of the former tower house were encountered.
Report lodged with the NMRS.
Sponsor: Farningham McCreadie Partnership.
D Swan 2003
Watching Brief (September 2003)
NT 042 683 A watching brief was maintained in September 2003 during groundworks for a new housing development near the reported site of a now-demolished tower house. The work involved the monitoring of topsoil strips. No archaeological remains were uncovered.
Archive to be deposited in the NMRS.
Sponsor: Almond Housing Association Ltd.
G Brown 2003
