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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 670542
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/670542
NJ72NW 33 7321 2620 and 7292 2571
See also NJ62NE 110.
(NJ 7321 2620 to NJ 7292 2571) Supposed site of Roman Road (NAT)
OS 6" map, Aberdeenshire, 1st ed., (1870)
The track of an old road can be followed through the woods, either intact or in detached pieces, as far as Gallow Hill (NJ 72 24), where all trace of it is lost. Wherever arable fields intervene, the track is completely obliterated (ONB 1867).
Near the alleged Roman camp (NJ72NW 11) the foundations of a bridge were found, but the 'Roman' road, marked on the old OS 6" map leaving the earthwork at the SW end of the SE rampart and running SE across river, road and railway for nearly half a mile is not straight, nor is it
Roman (Crawford 1949).
ONB 1867; O G S Crawford 1949.
No trace remains of this road or the bridge. The road was probably fairly recent as its course across part of the parkland of Pitcaple Castle is defined by a straight line of very old trees. Possibly the continuation of Lawrence Road (See NJ62NE 110).
Visited by OS (RL) 10 March 1969.
Nothing is now visible of this alleged road.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS, SPH) 12 June 1996.
