Bellie
Linear Feature (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Bellie
Classification Linear Feature (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 16940
Site Number NJ36SE 20
NGR NJ 354 610
NGR Description Centred at NJ 354 610
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/16940
- Council Moray
- Parish Bellie
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Morayshire
NJ36SE 20 centred 354 610
See also NJ36SE 8.
'On the east side of the Spey behind Bellie Kirkyard, the curved cropmark joining two straight lines, previously noted during aerial reconnaissance, was intersected in five places by C M Daniels. A shallow ditch, C 2m wide and with a vertical face on the outer and a sloping face on the inner was exposed. Parallel to the inner edge there was a 75cm wide pavement of flat sandstones. The ground is exceedingly difficult to dig into and it is postulated that the stone pavement was the base for a turf wall. In view of the scale and precision of the work it is probable that this was a Roman marching camp of unusual type.'
I Keillar 1986.
Trial Trench (1 July 1986 - 13 July 1986)
Five trial trenches across the line of the cropmark at Bellie by C M Daniels. Manuscripts, slides and photographs from Barri Jones collection.
Trial Trench (1989)
Trial trench(es) dug by St. Joseph across the line of the cropmark. Manuscript, photographs, slides and one drawing from the Barri Jones collection.
