New Leslie
Farmhouse (Period Unassigned), Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Village (Period Unassigned)
Site Name New Leslie
Classification Farmhouse (Period Unassigned), Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Village (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 147732
Site Number NJ52NE 76
NGR NJ 5890 2532
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/147732
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Leslie (Gordon)
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ52NE 76.00 5890 2532
NJ52NE 76.01 NJ 5886 2532 well
The pre-improvement village of New Leslie is depicted on an estate map of 1758 held by the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh as two short rows of yards and houses on either side of a street aligned from NW to SE. The site is occupied by the modern farmsteading.
Information from RCAHMS (PJD) 2 June 2004
NAS, RHP 5199
It is now clear, following the examination of an estate map of 1797 held by the National Trust for Scotland at Leithhall, Aberdeenshire that the village comprises a short row of two yards on the SW side of the street and an irregular group of three yards and nine buildings on the NE.
Information from RCAHMS (PJD) 23 November 2005
NTS, a Survey of the lands of Leithhall 1797.
NJ 587 253 A watching brief was maintained in August 2005 during a steading conversion and the installation of a septic tank and soakaway. The site lies c 400m SE of a hillfort and c 50m NE of the suggested location of New Leslie Castle. No archaeological features or finds were evident in the excavations around the perimeter of the 19th-century steading, nor in the soakaway trench that crossed the farmhouse garden.
Report to be lodged with Aberdeenshire SMR and NMRS.
Sponsors: Mr & Mrs Hodgson.
