Montrose's Camp
Earthwork (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Montrose's Camp
Classification Earthwork (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 19037
Site Number NJ73NE 10
NGR NJ 771 392
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/19037
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Fyvie
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Banff And Buchan
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ73NE 10 771 392.
(NJ 771 392) Montrose's Camp (NR)
OS 6" map, (1959)
Remains of an entrenched camp, set up by the Royalist leader Montrose, in October 1644, at the time of his occupation of Fyvie Castle (NJ73NE 9), and where he was unsuccessfully attacked by Argyll.
W D Simpson 1939.
An earthwork, still known locally as 'Montrose's Camp'. The ditch averages 5.0m in width and 1.5m deep towards its S end where it is still well-preserved. There is no trace of upcast. The two northern portions have suffered from afforestation and are in poor condition.
Visited by OS (ISS) 7 February 1973.
Scheduled as 'Montrose's Camp, earthwork... an area of ground containing the remains of a network of defensive ditches associated with an entrenched camp and static positions prepared in advance of the engagment between James Graham, Marquis of Montrose and the Covenanting forces under the Earl of Argyl on 24 October 1664'.
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 8 September 2003.
