Borrowfield

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

References

  1. ↑ United Kingdom Ordnance Survey Map Landranger 45, Stonehaven and Banchory, 1:50,000 scale, 2004
  2. ↑ C. Michael Hogan, Elsick Mounth, Megalithic Portal, editor: Andy Burnham (2007)
  3. ↑ Taylor family of Jamaica (1770–1835), Casbah.ac.uk, retrieved 23 October 2014

Coordinates: 57°01′49″N 2°16′53″W / 57.0302°N 2.2815°W / 57.0302; -2.2815


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