Durno Explained

Durno
Alt Names:Logie Durno
Type:Marching camp
Coordinates:57.3345°N -2.5006°W
Map:Scotland Aberdeenshire
Map Relief:1
Condition:Cropmark
Excavations:1976–1977
Archaeologists:Kenneth St Joseph

Durno or Logie Durno, located 6miles north west of Inverurie in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, is the site of a Roman marching camp, first discovered by aerial photography in July 1975 and excavated in 1976 and 1977.

With a total area between 57.2ha and 58.4ha, it is the largest Roman camp that has been found north of the Antonine Wall. The exceptional size of the camp at Durno has led to it being suggested as the place where Agricola assembled his forces before the Battle of Mons Graupius in AD 84, though the evidence for this has been criticised as largely circumstantial.

The camp was enclosed by a ditch 3.35m (10.99feet) wide and 3.35m (10.99feet) deep. The south west side of the camp was 3230feet long, and the north west side 1930feet long.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002. July 2006. The Royal Society of Edinburgh. 0-902-198-84-X. 15 July 2017. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074135/https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf. dead.