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Newton, Tower

Tower House (Medieval)

Site Name Newton, Tower

Classification Tower House (Medieval)

Canmore ID 55457

Site Number NT52SE 15

NGR NT 5986 2074

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Scottish Borders, The
  • Parish Bedrule
  • Former Region Borders
  • Former District Roxburgh
  • Former County Roxburghshire

Archaeology Notes

NT52SE 15 5986 2074.

(NT 5986 2074) Tower (NR) (Site of).

OS 6" map (1917-38)

Tower, Newton (Site). No structural remains survive.

RCAHMS 1956, visited 1937

RCAHMS confirmed.

Visited by OS (WDJ) 20 February 1967

The location of this tower-house is indicated by a low stony mound on a slight knoll in a pasture field. No mouldings, or definitely re-used stones, are apparent in the buildings of the adjacent farmsteading.

Visited by RCAHMS (RM/JRS) 28 September 1993.

Activities

Sbc Note (21 March 2016)

Visibility: This was the site of an archaeological monument, which may no longer be visible.

Information from Scottish Borders Council

Previously also listed under duplicate site NT96SW 510 -CANCELLED. HES (LCK) 11.6.2024

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