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Ythan Wells is a Roman Camp or castra
Castra

The Latin language 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 defensive position....
 site situated in Aberdeenshire
Aberdeenshire

Aberdeenshire is one of the 32 unitary authority council areas in Scotland.In this present day Aberdeenshire does not include Aberdeen City which is a Council Area in its own right....
, Scotland
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
.(RCAHMS, 2005) The site is situated at the headwaters of the River Ythan
River Ythan

The Ythan is a river in the north-east of Scotland rising at Ythan Wells and flowing south-eastwards through the towns of Fyvie, Methlick and Ellon, Aberdeenshire before flowing into the North Sea near Newburgh, Aberdeenshire, in Buchan....
, where a series of natural springs supply potable water, that was convenient for the large marching camp installed here by the Romans in the first few centuries AD. The name Ythan is thought to have originated from an old Pictish
Pictish language

Pictish is a term used for the extinct language or languages thought to have been spoken by the Picts, the people of northern and central Scotland in the Early Middle Ages....
 word of Brythonic origin meaning gorse
Gorse

Gorse comprises a genus of about 20 species of evergreen shrubs in the subfamily Faboideae of the pea family Fabaceae, native to western Europe and northwest Africa, with the majority of species in Iberian Peninsula....
. The site comprises approximately 120 acres (St.






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Ythan Wells is a Roman Camp or castra
Castra

The Latin language 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 defensive position....
 site situated in Aberdeenshire
Aberdeenshire

Aberdeenshire is one of the 32 unitary authority council areas in Scotland.In this present day Aberdeenshire does not include Aberdeen City which is a Council Area in its own right....
, Scotland
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
.(RCAHMS, 2005) The site is situated at the headwaters of the River Ythan
River Ythan

The Ythan is a river in the north-east of Scotland rising at Ythan Wells and flowing south-eastwards through the towns of Fyvie, Methlick and Ellon, Aberdeenshire before flowing into the North Sea near Newburgh, Aberdeenshire, in Buchan....
, where a series of natural springs supply potable water, that was convenient for the large marching camp installed here by the Romans in the first few centuries AD. The name Ythan is thought to have originated from an old Pictish
Pictish language

Pictish is a term used for the extinct language or languages thought to have been spoken by the Picts, the people of northern and central Scotland in the Early Middle Ages....
 word of Brythonic origin meaning gorse
Gorse

Gorse comprises a genus of about 20 species of evergreen shrubs in the subfamily Faboideae of the pea family Fabaceae, native to western Europe and northwest Africa, with the majority of species in Iberian Peninsula....
. The site comprises approximately 120 acres (St. Joseph, 1977) and was first discovered in the year 1785.

The Roman legions established a chain of very large forts at Ardoch, Strageath, Inchtuthil
Inchtuthil

Inchtuthil is the name of a large, well-preserved Roman Empire castrum on the banks of the River Tay near Dunkeld, Perth and Kinross, Scotland....
, Battledykes
Battledykes

Battledykes is a Roman Camp established slightly to the north of Forfar, Scotland. According to Hector Boece, Picts chiefs met at a castle by Forfar Loch to plan how to repel the Roman armies, who invaded several times between the 1st and 4th centuries AD....
, Stracathro
Stracathro

Stracatho is a small place in Angus, Scotland, to the northeast of Brechin on the A90 road. A Ancient Rome Roman camp has been discovered here; this Roman Camp is one day's march from the next Roman Camp to the north, Raedykes....
 and Raedykes
Raedykes

Raedykes Roman Camp is located at National Grid Reference NO 084090, approximately three miles north of Fetteresso Castle and two miles southwest of Muchalls Castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland....
, taking the Elsick Mounth
Elsick Mounth

The Elsick Mounth is an ancient trackway crossing the Grampian Mountains in the vicinity of Netherley, Scotland. This trackway was one of the few means of traversing the Grampian Mounth area in prehistoric and medieval times....
 on the way to Normandykes
Normandykes

Normandykes is a Roman camp situated near the present day town of Peterculter, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. . The site comprises approximately and is in proximity to the River Dee, Aberdeenshire....
, thence proceeding to the northerly camps of Ythan Wells, Deers Den
Deers Den

Deers Den is an archaeological site at Kintore, Scotland in Aberdeenshire. The site has mesolithic remains, Iron Age Artifact and is a known Roman Camp....
 and Glenmailen
Glenmailen

Glenmailen is a Roman Camp in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.See also*Normandykes*Deers DenReferences...
. (Hogan, 2007)

See also

  • Deers Den
    Deers Den

    Deers Den is an archaeological site at Kintore, Scotland in Aberdeenshire. The site has mesolithic remains, Iron Age Artifact and is a known Roman Camp....
  • Ythan Estuary
    Ythan Estuary

    The Ythan Estuary is the tidal component of the River Ythan, emptying into the North Sea approximately 19 kilometres north of Aberdeen, Scotland....


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