Normandykes
Normandykes is the site of a Roman marauder one mile southwest of Peterculter , a suburb of Aberdeen , in Scotland . The facility is classified as a Scheduled Monument .
The camp is about six miles or less than half a day's march north of the Raedykes camp. It is conceivable that today's route was chosen from a day's march to avoid Red Moss , a practically impassable bog near present-day Netherley . The almost rectangular camp measures approximately 860 × 510 meters and covers around 430 hectares of the summit and the eastern slopes of a hill near the Dee and the B9077 further south.
In Normandykes was excavated by Richmond and MacIntyre in 1935; its construction is believed to date from the time of the adoptive emperors or the Severians . Aerial photographs of Normandykes were taken between 1947 and 1976.
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Footnotes
- ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ^ OGS Crawford: Topography of Roman Scotland North of the Antonine Wall. Cambridge 1949, pp. 110-112.
- ^ Entry on Normandykes in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ^ JK St. Joseph: Air Reconnaissance of North Britain. In: Journal of Roman Studies 41, 1951, p. 65; Entry on Normandykes in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland's database
Coordinates: 57 ° 5 '6 " N , 2 ° 16' 58.8" W.