Aberdeenshire HER - NJ31SE0003 - HOUSE OF NEWE

Main Details

Primary Reference	NJ31SE0003
Name	HOUSE OF NEWE
NRHE Card No.	NJ31SE3
NRHE Numlink	16779
HES SM No.	NULL
HES LB No.	NULL
Site Form	Standing Structure
Site Condition	Incomplete
Details	Remains of a souterrain. Only the entrance can now be seen as a dry-stone-lined rectangular pit. A lintel stone at the base of the west side marks start of passage. It has in part been robbed to form a garden wall. The souterrain was discovered in 1863 underneath an apparent occupation area marked by a fireburnt pavement of slabs with beads, and quern fragments. A denarius and bronze armlets were found at the site of the entrance several years before 1863.
Last Update	17/01/2023
Updated By	bmann

Compiler
Date of Compilation	25/05/1989

Google Map for NJ31SE0003

National Grid Reference: NJ 3798 1235

Event Details

Excavations and Surveys

Date M	Date Y	Type	Duration	Director / Organisation	Auspices	Fund	Extent
				J ANDERSON

Artefact and Ecofact

Date M	Date Y	Artefact Type	Finder	Recovery Method	Condition	Storage Location	Access No.
		QUERN FRAGMENTS	JA	Excavation
		BEADS	JA	Excavation
		BRONZE ARMLETS	JA	Excavation		British Museum	1946.4-2
		DENARIUS, NERVA	JA	Excavation

Ecofact

Samples
Palynology
Ecofact Notes

Monument Types

Monument Type 1	Monument Type 2	Monument Type 3	Order	Probability
SOUTERRAINS			A	100
LINTELS	STONE		B	100
COINS	DENARIUS	NERVA	C	100
ARMLETS	BRONZE		D	100
BEADS			E	100
QUERN-STONES		REMAINS OF	F	100