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Newton House

Country House (Period Unassigned), Tower House (Medieval)

Site Name Newton House

Classification Country House (Period Unassigned), Tower House (Medieval)

Alternative Name(s) Millerhill

Canmore ID 53472

Site Number NT36NW 43

NGR NT 33265 69745

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Midlothian
  • Parish Newton
  • Former Region Lothian
  • Former District Midlothian
  • Former County Midlothian

Archaeology Notes

NT36NW 43 3325 6973.

NT36NW 43.01 NT 32279 69748 Dovecot/Tower

(NT 3325 6973) Newton House dates from the late 17th century but has been considerably modernised. It appears to have been oblong on plan with a projection on the N side for a staircase, now represented by the upper part of the service stair. The basement is vaulted; the walling is of harled rubble.

East of the house and attached to it by a screen wall is a circular tower, apparently of 16th century date. The lower storey is vaulted and has a gun-loop opening to the S; the upper chamber is a dovecot, 9 3/4' in diameter within 3 1/2' thick walls.

RCAHMS 1929, visited 1927; A N Robertson 1945

Newton House and its associated tower are as described.

Visited by OS (BS) 31 October 1975

Site identified during an archaeological assessement carried out by CFA Archaeology Ltd.

Mhairi Hastie, 2006.

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