Borrowfield

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Borrowfield is a settlement in Aberdeenshire, Scotland in proximity to Netherley.[1]

[edit] History

Roman legions marched from Raedykes to Normandykes Roman Camp through the passing near borrowfield as they sought higher ground to avoid the bogs of Red Moss and other low-lying mosses associated with the Burn of Muchalls. That march used the Elsick Mounth, an ancient trackways crossing the Mounth of the Grampian Mountains,[2] lying west of Netherley.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ United Kingdom Ordnance Survey Map Landranger 45, Stonehaven and Banchory, 1:50,000 scale, 2004
  2. ^ C. Michael Hogan, Elsick Mounth, Megalithic Portal, editor: Andy Burnham (2007)



  This Aberdeenshire location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.