# Durris Forest

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{{Short description|Forest in Aberdeenshire, Scotland}}
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right|thumb|Road through Durris Forest|alt=A road running through Durris Forest with an old field wall alongside
'''Durris Forest''' is a chiefly [conifer](/source/conifer)ous [forest](/source/forest) south of the [River Dee](/source/River_Dee%2C_Aberdeenshire) approximately three kilometres west of [Netherley](/source/Netherley%2C_Scotland) in [Aberdeenshire](/source/Aberdeenshire), [Scotland](/source/Scotland).<ref>[Ordnance Survey](/source/Ordnance_Survey) Map, [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom),  Landranger 45, [Stonehaven](/source/Stonehaven) and [Banchory](/source/Banchory), 1:50,000 scale  (2004)</ref> The [A957 road](/source/A957_road) forms the southwest boundary of Durris Forest, separating it from [Fetteresso Forest](/source/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](/source/Elsick_Mounth) crosses the [Grampian](/source/Grampian_Mountains) [Mounth](/source/Mounth) within the Durris Forest.  Notable natural features in the vicinity include [Red Moss](/source/Red_Moss%2C_Aberdeenshire) and [Meikle Carewe Hill](/source/Meikle_Carewe_Hill).  Notable historic features in this area include [Raedykes](/source/Raedykes) [Roman Camp](/source/Roman_Camp), [Muchalls Castle](/source/Muchalls_Castle) and [Maryculter House](/source/Maryculter_House).

==History==
[Roman legion](/source/Roman_legion)s marched from [Raedykes](/source/Raedykes) to [Normandykes](/source/Normandykes) [Roman Camp](/source/Roman_Camp) through the Durris Forest as they sought higher ground evading the [bog](/source/bog)s of [Red Moss](/source/Red_Moss%2C_Aberdeenshire) and other low-lying mosses associated with the [Burn of Muchalls](/source/Burn_of_Muchalls). That march used the [Elsick Mounth](/source/Elsick_Mounth), one of the ancient [trackway](/source/trackway)s crossing the [Mounth](/source/Mounth) of the [Grampian Mountains](/source/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](/source/Netherley%2C_Scotland).

==See also==
*[Balbridie](/source/Balbridie)
*[Balfour](/source/Balfour%2C_Aberdeenshire)
*[Cairn Mon Earn](/source/Cairn_Mon_Earn)
*[Fetteresso Forest](/source/Fetteresso_Forest)
*[Kirkton of Durris](/source/Kirkton_of_Durris)

==References==
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Category:Forests and woodlands of Scotland

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