Normandykes
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Normandykes (Grid Reference: NO 830994)[1] is the site of a Roman marching camp Script error: No such module "convert". to the southwest of Peterculter, City of Aberdeen, Scotland.[2][3] The near-rectangular site, measuring approximately Script error: No such module "convert"., covers about Script error: No such module "convert". of the summit and eastern slopes of a hill overlooking the River Dee and the B9077 road further south.[4] Aerial photographs for Normandykes have been archived between 1947 and 1976.[5] The camp is about Script error: No such module "convert"., or less than half a day's march, north of the Raedykes camp.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 mentioned as Norman's Dyke and interpreted as a Danish Camp in 1795,[6] but then corrected in the New Statistical Account of 1845 as Roman.[7]
The camp was first excavated in the year 1935 by Richmond and MacIntyre;[8] construction is thought to date to the Antonine or Severan periods.
The site is designated a scheduled monument.[9]
See also
- Raedykes
- Balbridie
- Crynoch Burn
- Deers Den
- Glenmailen
- Leuchar Burn
- Maryculter House
- Ythan Wells
- Muiryfold
References
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- ↑ Landranger 45, Stonehaven and Banchory, 1:50000 (2004); Explorer 406 Aberdeen and Banchory, 1:25000, United Kingdom Ordnance Survey Map
- ↑ 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, England pp. 110-2 (1949)
- ↑ RCAHMS Site Record for Normandykes Hilton; Oldtown; Peterculter Photographs (2004)
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- ↑ RCAHMS Archaeology Notes: Normandykes (2003)
- ↑ Template:Historic Environment Scotland
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