Durris Forest

{{Short description|Forest in Aberdeenshire, Scotland}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2017}} {{Use British English|date=August 2017}} right|thumb|Road through Durris Forest|alt=A road running through Durris Forest with an old field wall alongside '''Durris Forest''' is a chiefly coniferous forest south of the River Dee approximately three kilometres west of Netherley in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.<ref>Ordnance Survey Map, United Kingdom, Landranger 45, Stonehaven and Banchory, 1:50,000 scale (2004)</ref> The A957 road forms the southwest boundary of Durris Forest, separating it from Fetteresso Forest. The Durris Forest includes several smaller named woodlands.<ref>[http://www.forestry.gov.uk/website/recreation.nsf/LUWebDocsByKey/ScotlandAberdeenshireTheDurrisForest Scotland Forestry Commission: Durris Forest]</ref> The ancient route of Elsick Mounth crosses the Grampian Mounth within the Durris Forest. Notable natural features in the vicinity include Red Moss and Meikle Carewe Hill. Notable historic features in this area include Raedykes Roman Camp, Muchalls Castle and Maryculter House.

==History== Roman legions marched from Raedykes to Normandykes Roman Camp through the Durris Forest as they sought higher ground evading the bogs of Red Moss and other low-lying mosses associated with the Burn of Muchalls. That march used the Elsick Mounth, one of the ancient trackways crossing the Mounth of the Grampian Mountains,<ref>[http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=18037 C. Michael Hogan, ''Elsick Mounth'', Megalithic Portal, editor: Andy Burnham]</ref> lying west of Netherley.

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Category:Forests and woodlands of Scotland