Tower of Johnston

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Recorded parish

Garvock

What is recorded here

Map note: Tower of Johnston appears on the map as a cairn near Law of Newton, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. There is no need to invent a lost kingdom to make the name interesting.

From the Historic Environment Scotland record 36330

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Photo credits

• Steven Brown, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Richard Holliday, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Alan Thomson, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Ian Cleland, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Richard Webb, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• JThomas, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Shaun Ferguson, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Scott Cormie, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Maker not stated on source page, www.tripadvisor.co.za

Hill of GarvockMountain / peak · 23 ydGarvock HillCairn (prehistoric) (possible) · 1028 ydChalybeate WellSpa · 1185 ydJohnston LodgeCountry House (19th Century) · 1457 ydGarvockArrowhead(s) (flint) · 1701 ydMains of NewtonEnclosure, Rig and Furrow (medieval) - (post Medieval), Ring Ditch, Man-made underground passage(s) (prehistoric) (possible), Unenclosed Settlement (possible) · 1701 ydHospital ShieldsRoundhouse(s) (prehistoric) · 1.1 miLaurencekirk, CemeteryCemetery (20th Century) · 1.2 miLaurencekirk War MemorialMemorial · 1.3 miGarvock Parish Church and GraveyardBurial Ground (medieval) - (post Medieval), Church (medieval) - (post Medieval), Graffiti (medieval) - (post Medieval), War Memorial (20th Century), Censer · 1.4 miDenlethen WoodWood · 1.8 miWoodstone HillMountain / peak · 1.9 mi

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