Aberdeenshire HER - NJ62NE0056 - NEWTON OF LEWESK

Main Details

Primary Reference	NJ62NE0056
Name	NEWTON OF LEWESK
NRHE Card No.	NJ62NE19
NRHE Numlink	18093
HES SM No.	NULL
HES LB No.	NULL
Site Form	Documentary Record Only
Site Condition	Destroyed
Details	Site of a Class I Pictish symbol stone which was found embedded face down in the soil near Newton of Lewesk farmstead in 1814 by the farmer. The stone, of red granite measuring 2ft 10ins long, and 7ins thick, is the only example known to have a rectangle with rod attached, and also bears a double crescent and 'mirror case' symbols. It was removed from Newton of Lewesk to Logie House, and can now be found beside the driveway of Kinellar House (NJ72NW0049).
Last Update	03/03/2015
Updated By	cpalmer

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Date of Compilation

Google Map for NJ62NE0056

National Grid Reference: NJ 6930 2789

Event Details

Excavations and Surveys

Date M	Date Y	Type	Duration	Director / Organisation	Auspices	Fund	Extent
	1998				RCM	RCM

Artefact and Ecofact

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Palynology
Ecofact Notes

Monument Types

Monument Type 1	Monument Type 2	Monument Type 3	Order	Probability
STONES		PICTISH I	A	100
SYMBOLS	MIRROR-CASE		B	100
SYMBOLS	CRESCENT	DOUBLE	C	100