Normandykes
Normandykes is the site of a Roman marching camp, a mile to the south-west of Peterculter, Aberdeenshire.[1][2] The near-rectangular site, measuring approximately ½ mile by ⅓ mile, covers about 106 acres of the summit and eastern slopes of a hill overlooking the River Dee and the B9077 road further south.[3] Aerial photographs for Normandykes have been archived between 1947 and 1976.[4] The camp is about six miles, or less than half a day's march, north of the Raedykes camp. It is possible that the actual route taken would have entailed one day's march, over a route likely chosen to avoid the Red Moss, a virtually uncrossable bog near the present-day village of Netherley. Normandykes was first excavated in the year 1935 by Richmond and MacIntyre;[5] construction is thought to date to the Antonine or Severan periods.
The site is designated a scheduled ancient monument.[6]
References
- ↑ Temporary Marching Camp: Normandykes, Peterculter, Grampian (2004)
- ↑ St. Joseph, J.K., Air Reconnaissance of North Britain, J.R.S. xli (1951) p. 65
- ↑ Crawford, O.G.S.Topography of Roman Scotland North of the Antonine Wall, Cambridge pp. 110-2 (1949)
- ↑ RCAHMS Site Record for Normandykes Hilton; Oldtown; Peterculter Photographs (2004)
- ↑ RCAHMS Archaeology Notes: Normandykes (2003)
- ↑ Historic Environment Scotland SM2478 Retrieved 26 February 2019.
Outside links
- Location map: 57°5’6"N, 2°16’59"W
