Greenstile
Cottage(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Greenstile
Classification Cottage(S) (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Newe Avenue; Castle Newe Policies
Canmore ID 122871
Site Number NJ31SE 57
NGR NJ 3846 1267
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/122871
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Strathdon
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ31SE 57 3846 1267
The ruins of these two cottages, which are shown roofed on both the 1st and 2nd editions of the OS 6-inch map (Aberdeenshire, 1869 and 1903, sheet lx), stand isolated in cultivated ground 220m NE of Newe Avenue farmsteading (NJ31SE 42.06). The walls of each have been reduced to a height of no more than 0.7m, and they are partly obscured by tumbled stones and field-clearance. The W cottage measures 12.8m from E to W by 5.3m transversely over walls 0.6m thick, and the E cottage 13.6m from E to W by 5.8m transversely over walls 0.7m thick. Each cottage had a garden immediately to the N; the gardens are conjoined, and part of their perimeter is marked by a line of trees growing along a stony scarp.
Visited by RCAHMS (SPH), 5 March 1998.
