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Fetteresso Glebe, Arduthie
Earthwork (Period Unassigned), Temporary Camp (Roman)(Possible)
Site Name Fetteresso Glebe, Arduthie
Classification Earthwork (Period Unassigned), Temporary Camp (Roman)(Possible)
Canmore ID 36955
Site Number NO88NE 7
NGR NO 8681 8651
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/36955
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Fetteresso
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Kincardine And Deeside
- Former County Kincardineshire
NO88NE 7 8681 8651.
The evidence for the siting of this 'camp' seems to derive ultimately from Barclay's sketch-map of 1785 on which it is shown as a square with rounded corners, although it is mentioned as early as 1722 in Camden's Britannia. The Name Book authorities remember the site being called 'The Camp' a bout 1800 but the ground was already under cultivation and no remains were evident.
Crawford thought the site too narrow for a Roman camp, or even a normal-sized Roman fort and suggested that it was probably a native fort.
R Barclay 1792; O G S Crawford 1949; Name Book 1865; W Camden 1722.
The site of a 'camp' noted in the late 18th century on Fetteresso glebe, is now occupied by a housing estate.
R Barclay 1792; O G S Crawford 1949; RCAHMS 1984.
Listed.
Scottish Castle Survey 1988; N Bogdan and I B D Bryce 1991.
Field Visit (30 April 1957)
This site was included within the RCAHMS Marginal Land Survey (1950-1962), an unpublished rescue project. Site descriptions, organised by county, are available to view online - see the searchable PDF in 'Digital Items'. These vary from short notes, to lengthy and full descriptions. Contemporary plane-table surveys and inked drawings, where available, can be viewed online in most cases - see 'Digital Images'. The original typecripts, notebooks and drawings can also be viewed in the RCAHMS search room.
Information from RCAHMS (GFG) 19 July 2013.
Publication Account (17 December 2011)
A possible camp at Arduthy was recorded in Camden’s Britannia (1722), and again by Barclay (1792: 566), but was dismissed by Crawford (1949: 104–5). The site now lies under a housing estate.
R H Jones.
