Borrowfield
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Borrowfield is a settlement in Aberdeenshire, Scotland in proximity to Netherley.[1]
History
Roman legions marched from Raedykes to Normandykes Roman Camp through the passing near Borrowfield as they sought higher ground to avoid the bogs of Red Moss and other low-lying mosses associated with the Burn of Muchalls. That march used the Elsick Mounth, an ancient trackways crossing the Mounth of the Grampian Mountains,[2] lying west of Netherley.
People of Borrowfield
Patrick Tailzour was born here in the eighteenth century. The family included rich Jamaicans and Sir John Taylor, 1st Baronet.[3]
See also
- Elsick Mounth
- Red Moss, Aberdeenshire
- Netherley House
- Muchalls Castle
References
- ^ United Kingdom Ordnance Survey Map Landranger 45, Stonehaven and Banchory, 1:50,000 scale, 2004
- ^ C. Michael Hogan, Elsick Mounth, Megalithic Portal, editor: Andy Burnham (2007)
- ^ Taylor family of Jamaica (1770–1835) Archived 2003-05-01 at the Wayback Machine, Casbah.ac.uk, retrieved 23 October 2014
57°01′49″N 2°16′53″W / 57.0302°N 2.2815°W / 57.0302; -2.2815
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