Deers Den is an archaeological site at Kintore, Scotland in Aberdeenshire. An archaeological site is a place (or group of physical sites in which evidence of past activity is preserved (either Prehistoric or historic or contemporary and Kintore ( Gaelic: Ceann Tòrr) is a town and former Royal burgh near Inverurie in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, now bypassed Aberdeenshire (Siorrachd Obar Dheathain is one of the 32 unitary Council areas in Scotland. [1] The site has mesolithic remains, Iron Age artefacts and is a known Roman Camp. The Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age was a period in the development of human technology in between the Paleolithic or Old Stone Age and the Neolithic or New Stone Age This article is about the archaeological period known as the Iron Age for the mythological Iron Age see Ages of Man. The Latin word castra, with its singular castrum, was used by the ancient Romans to mean buildings or plots of land reserved to or constructed for use as a military This 120 acre site is partially disturbed and developed by the western part of Kintore itself. The site is associated with the invasion of Severan. An invasion is a military offensive consisting of all or large parts of the Armed forces of one geopolitical entity aggressively entering territory The Severan dynasty was a Roman imperial Dynasty, which ruled the Roman Empire between 193 and 235. [2] Deers Den is one of a chain of Roman Camps generally strung in a north to south alignment to support the invasion and exploration of northern Scotland by the Romans. An invasion is a military offensive consisting of all or large parts of the Armed forces of one geopolitical entity aggressively entering territory
These large forts at Ardoch, Strageath, Inchtuthil, Battledykes, Stracathro and Raedykes, taking the Elsick Mounth on the way to Normandykes,[3] thence proceeding to the northerly camps of Ythan Wells,[4] Deers Den and Glenmailen. Inchtuthil is the name of a large well-preserved Roman Castrum on the banks of the River Tay near Dunkeld, Perth and Kinross, Battledykes is a Roman Camp established slightly to the north of Forfar, Scotland. Stracatho ( Gaelic: Srath Catharach) is a small place in Angus, Scotland, to the northeast of Brechin on the A90. Raedykes Roman Camp is located at National Grid Reference NO 084090(Landranger 2004 approximately three miles north of Fetteresso Castle and two miles southwest of Muchalls The Elsick Mounth is an ancient Trackway crossing the Grampian Mountains in the vicinity of Netherley Scotland. Normandykes (Grid Reference NO8299 (Landranger 2004 is a Roman camp situated near the present day town of Peterculter, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Ythan Wells is a Roman Camp or Castra site situated in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Glenmailen is a Roman Camp in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. See also Normandykes Deers Den
See also
- Normandykes
- Rollo Mire
- Ythan Wells
References
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